const fs = require('fs'); let input = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/input.txt', 'utf8'); const vertical: Array = input.split("\n"); const width = vertical[0].length; const height = vertical.length; let result = 0; for (let j = 1; j < height - 1; j++) { for (let i = 1; i < width - 1; i++) { const letter = vertical[i][j]; if (letter !== 'A') { continue; } const diagonalRight = vertical[i-1][j-1] + 'A' + vertical[i+1][j+1]; const diagonalLeft = vertical[i-1][j+1] + 'A' + vertical[i+1][j-1]; if ( (diagonalLeft === 'MAS' || diagonalLeft === 'SAM') && (diagonalRight === 'MAS' || diagonalRight === 'SAM') ) { result++; } } }; console.log(result);