// NOT WORKING: I gave up on this approach. too much to think about const fs = require('fs'); const text = fs.readFileSync("./2019/03/input.txt", "utf-8"); // `R75,D30,R83,U83,L12,D49,R71,U7,L72 // U62,R66,U55,R34,D71,R55,D58,R83`; let lineIns = text.split('\n').map(line => line.split(',')) let linePoints = []; for (let line = 0; line < 2; line++){ let points = [[0,0]]; for (let i = 0; i < lineIns[line].length; i++){ let segment = lineIns[line][i]; let dist = parseInt(segment.slice(1)); let axis = ((segment[0] == "R") || (segment[0] == "L")) ? 0 : 1; let dir = ((segment[0] == "R") || (segment[0] == "U")) ? 1 : -1; let coord = points[i].slice(); coord[axis] += dir * dist; coord.axis = axis; points.push(coord); } linePoints.push(points); } let line0Dist = 0; let line1Dist = 0; for (let i = 0; i < linePoints[0].length-1; i++) { let segment0 = linePoints[0].slice(i, i+2); let axis0 = linePoints[0][i].axis; segment0.sort((a, b) => a[(axis0+1)%2] - b[(axis0+1)%2]); for (let j = 0; j < linePoints[1].length-1; j++) { let segment1 = linePoints[1].slice(j, j+2); let axis1 = linePoints[1][j].axis; segment1.sort((a, b) => a[(axis1+1)%2] - b[(axis1+1)%2]); if (segment0[0][axis0] >= segment1[0][axis0] && segment0[1][axis0] <= segment1[1][axis0] && segment1[0][axis1] >= segment0[0][axis1] && segment1[1][axis1] <= segment0[1][axis1]) { let segment0dist = Math.abs(linePoints[0][i][axis1] - segment1[0][axis1]); let segment1dist = Math.abs(linePoints[1][j][axis0] - segment0[0][axis0]); console.log(line0Dist+line1Dist+segment0dist+segment1dist); } line1Dist += Math.abs(segment1[1][1] - segment1[0][1]) + segment1[1][0] - segment1[0][0]; } line1Dist = 0; line0Dist += Math.abs(segment0[1][1] - segment0[0][1]) + segment0[1][0] - segment0[0][0]; }