const data = require('./data') const rules = {}, regexps = {} const [unorderedRules, messages] = data.split('\n\n').map(l => l.split(/\n/g).filter(Boolean)) unorderedRules.forEach(r => rules[r.split(': ')[0]] = r.split(': ')[1]) const find = (rule, rules) => { if (rule in regexps) { return regexps[rule] } let newRule = '' if (/^".*"$/.test(rule)) { newRule = rule.replace(/"/g, '') } else if (/\|/.test(rule)) { const [r1, r2] = rule.split(' | ') newRule = `(${find(r1, rules)}|${find(r2, rules)})` } else { newRule = rule.split(' ').map(nr => find(rules[nr], rules)).join('') } regexps[rule] = newRule return newRule } find(rules[0], rules) const regexp = new RegExp(`^${regexps[rules[0]]}$`) let result = 0 messages.forEach(m => { if (regexp.test(m)) { result++ } }) console.log('Answer: ', result)