const fs = require('fs'); const path = require('path'); function hashLabel(label) { // Compute hash value for a given label return [...label].reduce((value, char) => (value + char.charCodeAt(0)) * 17 % 256, 0); } function processSteps(steps) { const boxes = Array.from({ length: 256 }, () => []); const focalLengths = new Map(); steps.forEach(step => { const [, label, operation, focalLength] = step.match(/([a-z]+)([=-])(\d)?/); const hashed = hashLabel(label); const destination = boxes[hashed]; console.log(`Processing step: ${label}${operation}${focalLength}, Box: ${hashed}`); if (operation === "=") { if (!destination.includes(label)) { destination.push(label); } focalLengths.set(label, parseInt(focalLength)); } else { const index = destination.indexOf(label); if (index !== -1) { destination.splice(index, 1); } focalLengths.delete(label); } }); return boxes.reduce((totalPower, box, boxNumber) => totalPower + box.reduce((boxPower, label, i) => boxPower + (boxNumber + 1) * (i + 1) * focalLengths.get(label), 0), 0); } function readFileContent(filePath) { try { return fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8'); } catch (error) { console.error(`Error reading file at ${filePath}:`, error.message); process.exit(1); } } function testAlgorithm() { const testContent = readFileContent(path.join(__dirname, '../test.txt')); const testSteps = testContent.replace(/\n/g, '').split(','); const testResult = processSteps(testSteps); console.log(`Test Result: ${testResult}`); if (testResult !== 145) { console.error(`Test failed. Expected result is 145, got ${testResult}.`); process.exit(1); } else { console.log('Test passed.'); } } function main() { try { testAlgorithm(); const inputContent = readFileContent(path.join(__dirname, '../input.txt')); const inputSteps = inputContent.replace(/\n/g, '').split(','); const finalResult = processSteps(inputSteps); console.log(`Final Result: ${finalResult}`); } catch (error) { console.error(`An error occurred in main: ${error.message}`); process.exit(1); } } main();