type Node = { name: string, left: string, right: string }; const input = await Deno.readTextFile("input.txt"); const lines = input.split("\n").map(x => x.trim()).filter(x => x.length > 0); const instructions = lines[0]; const nodes = lines.splice(1).map(x=> { const m = /(\w+)\s*=\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*(\w+)\s*\)/.exec(x); if (!m){ throw new Error("Invalid line: " + x); } return {name: m[1], left: m[2], right: m[3]}; }); console.log(instructions, nodes); const map = new Map(); for (const node of nodes){ map.set(node.name, node); } function stepInst(node: Node, instruction: string){ if (instruction === "R"){ return node.right } else { return node.left } } let step = 0; let current = map.get("AAA"); if (!current){ throw new Error("Invalid input"); } while (current.name !== "ZZZ"){ const instruction_index = step % instructions.length; const instruction = instructions[instruction_index]; //execute const next = stepInst(current, instruction); current = map.get(next)!; step++; } console.log(step);