aoc/2020/06/part1.js

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2020-12-06 14:25:47 +00:00
const fs = require('fs');
const data = fs.readFileSync('test.txt', 'utf-8');
const groups = data.split('\n\n');
let sum = 0
for (let g = 0; g<groups.length; g++){
let group = groups[g]
// ignore spaces and new lines; we don't care about that
group = group.replace(/[ \n]/gm, "")
// list of seen chars
let chars = []
for (let i = 0; i < group.length; i++) {
// if not already seen, add to list of seen chars
if (!chars.find(char => char == group[i])) { chars.push(group[i]) }
}
// keep a sum for our puzzle answer
sum += chars.length
}
console.log(sum)