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Computing Movement along X/Y axies using TypeScript types
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type Direction = "N" | "E" | "S" | "W"; | |
type MovementAlongAxis<Path extends string, PosAxis extends Direction, NegAxis extends Direction, PosPart extends string = "", NegPart extends string = ""> = | |
Uppercase<Path> extends `${infer Movement extends Direction}${infer RemainingPath}` ? ( | |
// If we're adding to the axis's value | |
Movement extends PosAxis ? ( | |
NegPart extends "" ? ( | |
// No negatives => add one to the positive part | |
MovementAlongAxis<RemainingPath, PosAxis, NegAxis, `0${PosPart}`, NegPart> | |
) : ( | |
// Negatives => remove one from the negative part | |
NegPart extends `${infer _}${infer RemainingNegative}` ? | |
MovementAlongAxis<RemainingPath, PosAxis, NegAxis, PosPart, RemainingNegative> : | |
MovementAlongAxis<RemainingPath, PosAxis, NegAxis, PosPart, ""> | |
) | |
) : | |
// If we're removing from the axis's value | |
Movement extends NegAxis ? ( | |
PosPart extends "" ? ( | |
// No positives => add one to the negative part | |
MovementAlongAxis<RemainingPath, PosAxis, NegAxis, PosPart, `0${NegPart}`> | |
) : ( | |
// Positives => remove one from the positive part | |
PosPart extends `${infer _}${infer RemainingPositive}` ? | |
MovementAlongAxis<RemainingPath, PosAxis, NegAxis, RemainingPositive, NegPart> : | |
MovementAlongAxis<RemainingPath, PosAxis, NegAxis, "", NegPart> | |
) | |
) : | |
// Movement in some other axis, skip | |
MovementAlongAxis<RemainingPath, PosAxis, NegAxis, PosPart, NegPart> | |
) : {"+": PosPart, "-": NegPart}; | |
type TallyToNumber<Tally extends string, Result extends 0[] = []> = | |
Tally extends `${infer _}${infer Tail}` ? | |
TallyToNumber<Tail, [...Result, 0]> : | |
Result["length"]; | |
type FormatNumber<Parts extends {"+": string, "-": string}> = | |
Parts["-"] extends "" ? | |
`${TallyToNumber<Parts["+"]>}` : | |
`-${TallyToNumber<Parts["-"]>}`; | |
type FindDestination<Path extends string> = | |
`X: ${FormatNumber<MovementAlongAxis<Path, "E", "W">>}, Y: ${FormatNumber<MovementAlongAxis<Path, "N", "S">>}`; | |
type Test = FindDestination<"NNNEEESSSWSSSS"> |
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