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Maze solver in NodeJS for /r/dailyprogrammer challenge
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// My solution to this /r/dailyprogrammer challenge on reddit (http://redd.it/278ptv) | |
process.stdin.resume(); | |
process.stdin.setEncoding('utf8'); | |
var width = 0; | |
var height = 0; | |
var maze = []; | |
function getStartPoint() { | |
for(var x = 0; x < maze.length; x++) { | |
for(var y = 0; y < maze[x].length; y++) { | |
if(maze[x][y] == 'S') { | |
return {x: x, y: y}; | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
function getSurrounding(tile) { | |
return [ | |
{x: tile.x + 1, y: tile.y}, | |
{x: tile.x - 1, y: tile.y}, | |
{x: tile.x, y: tile.y + 1}, | |
{x: tile.x, y: tile.y - 1} | |
]; | |
} | |
var tried = []; | |
function find(tiles) { | |
var tile = tiles[tiles.length - 1]; | |
if(tried.indexOf(tile.x + ':' + tile.y) != -1) | |
return false; | |
tried.push(tile.x + ':' + tile.y); | |
if(maze[tile.x][tile.y] == 'E') | |
return tiles; | |
if(maze[tile.x][tile.y] == '#') | |
return false; | |
var surrounding = getSurrounding(tile); | |
for(var i = 0; i < surrounding.length; i++) { | |
var newTiles = tiles.slice(0); | |
newTiles.push(surrounding[i]); | |
var result = find(newTiles); | |
if(result) | |
return result; | |
} | |
return false; | |
} | |
function solve() { | |
var steps = find([getStartPoint()]); | |
for(var i = 1; i < steps.length-1; i++) | |
maze[steps[i].x][steps[i].y] = '*'; | |
for(var i = 0; i < maze.length; i++) { | |
var line = maze[i].join(''); | |
line = line.substring(0, line.length - 1); | |
console.log(line); | |
} | |
} | |
process.stdin.on('data', function (chunk) { | |
if(!width && !height) { | |
var dimensions = chunk.split(" "); | |
width = parseInt(dimensions[0]); | |
height = parseInt(dimensions[1]); | |
return; | |
} | |
if(maze.length != height) { | |
maze.push(chunk.split('')); | |
return; | |
} | |
solve(); | |
process.stdin.pause(); | |
}); |
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