use = "strict"; const fs = require("fs"); const inputText = fs.readFileSync("./input.txt").toString("utf-8"); const splitInputText = inputText.split("\n"); const testData = `1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 10000 `; const splitTestData = testData.split("\n"); // console.log(splitInputText); // console.log(splitTestData); function determineHighestCarriedCalories(input) { let highestTotalCalories = 0; let numberOfElves = 1; let elfNumber = 1; let currentTotalCalories = 0; input.forEach((line, curIndex, array) => { if (line.length !== 0) { currentElf = numberOfElves; let num = Number.parseInt(line); if (Number.isInteger(num)) { // console.log( // "current Calories: " + currentTotalCalories + " plus " + num // ); currentTotalCalories += num; } } else { // console.log( // `Current elf ${currentElf} has ${currentTotalCalories}` // ); numberOfElves += 1; if (currentTotalCalories > highestTotalCalories) { elfNumber = currentElf; highestTotalCalories = currentTotalCalories; } currentTotalCalories = 0; } }); console.log( `The most Calories carried by is Elf ${elfNumber} with ${highestTotalCalories} total calories` ); return highestTotalCalories; } determineHighestCarriedCalories(splitTestData); determineHighestCarriedCalories(splitInputText);