Advent-of-Code-2022/12/solution.mjs
2022-12-12 18:37:25 -07:00

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import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
const input = readFileSync('input', 'utf-8');
function getMap() {
return input
.split('\n')
.filter(line => line)
.map((line, y) => line
.split('')
.map((elevation, x) => {
const isStart = elevation === 'S';
const isEnd = elevation === 'E';
elevation = elevation.replaceAll('S', 'a');
elevation = elevation.replaceAll('E', 'z');
const height = elevation.charCodeAt(0) - 97;
return {
x,
y,
height,
isStart,
isEnd,
path: null
};
})
);
}
const cardinals = [
[0, -1], // North
[1, 0], // East
[0, 1], // South
[-1, 0] // West
];
// Recursively walk through map stopping whenever we encounter a square with a
// shorter path than ours
function solve(map, x, y, canMoveToSquare, path = []) {
const square = map[y][x];
path = [...path, [x, y]];
if (square.path && square.path.length <= path.length) {
return;
}
square.path = path;
cardinals
.map(c => map[y + c[1]]?.[x + c[0]])
// Filter undefined squares
.filter(s => s)
// Filter squares we can't reach
.filter(s => canMoveToSquare(square, s))
.forEach(s => solve(map, s.x, s.y, canMoveToSquare, [...path]));
}
function shortestPathStartToEnd() {
const map = getMap();
const start = map.flat().find(square => square.isStart);
solve(
map,
start.x,
start.y,
(from, to) => to.height <= from.height + 1
);
const end = map.flat().find(square => square.isEnd);
return end.path;
}
function shortestPathEndToA() {
const map = getMap();
const end = map.flat().find(square => square.isEnd);
solve(
map,
end.x,
end.y,
(from, to) => to.height >= from.height - 1
);
const squareWithShortestDistance = map
.flat()
.filter(square => square.path)
.filter(square => square.height === 0)
.sort((s1, s2) => s1.path.length - s2.path.length)[0];
return squareWithShortestDistance.path;
}
console.log('This will take a minute...');
let path;
path = shortestPathStartToEnd();
console.log(`The least steps from start to end is: ${path.length - 1}`);
path = shortestPathEndToA();
console.log(`The least steps from 'a' to end is: ${path.length - 1}`);