const data = require('./data') const rows = data.split(/\n/g).filter(r => r) const rowLn = rows[0].length const string = rows.join('') const checkSeat = (i, s) => { const around = [ i >= rowLn ? s[i-rowLn] : '.', // top i >= rowLn && (i+1)%rowLn !== 0 ? s[i+1-rowLn] : '.', // top-right (i+1)%rowLn !== 0 ? s[i+1] : '.', // right i < s.length -rowLn && (i+1)%rowLn !== 0 ? s[i+1+rowLn] : '.', // bottom-right i < s.length -rowLn ? s[i+rowLn] : '.', // bottom i%rowLn !== 0 && i < s.length -rowLn ? s[i-1+rowLn] : '.', // bottom-left i%rowLn !== 0 ? s[i-1] : '.', // left i > rowLn && i%rowLn > 0 ? s[i-1-rowLn] : '.', // top-left ] const taken = around.filter(s => s === '#').length const free = around.filter(s => s === 'L').length return [taken, free] } const round = (str) => { const newArray = [] str.split('').forEach((s, i) => { const [taken, free] = checkSeat(i, str) if (s === 'L' && taken === 0) { newArray[i] = '#' } else if (s === '#' && taken >= 4) { newArray[i] = 'L' } else { newArray[i] = str[i] } }) const newString = newArray.join('') return newString === str ? newString.split('').filter(s => s === '#').length : round(newString) } console.log(round(string))