freecodecamp--freecodecamp/curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/daily-coding-challenges-javascript/69b5b2be76ec8135a7fbe973.md

id, title, challengeType, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	dashedName
69b5b2be76ec8135a7fbe973	Challenge 244: Rook and Bishop Attack	28	challenge-244

--description--

Given a string for the location of a rook on a chess board, and another for the location of a bishop, determine if one piece can attack another.

A standard chessboard is 8x8, with columns labeled A through H (left to right) and rows labeled 1 through 8 (bottom to top). It looks like this:

A8	B8	C8	D8	E8	F8	G8	H8
A7	B7	C7	D7	E7	F7	G7	H7
A6	B6	C6	D6	E6	F6	G6	H6
A5	B5	C5	D5	E5	F5	G5	H5
A4	B4	C4	D4	E4	F4	G4	H4
A3	B3	C3	D3	E3	F3	G3	H3
A2	B2	C2	D2	E2	F2	G2	H2
A1	B1	C1	D1	E1	F1	G1	H1

• Rooks can move as many squares as they want in a horizontal or vertical direction.
• Bishops can move as many squares as they want in any diagonal direction.
• One piece can attack another if it can move to the location of that piece.

Return:

• "rook" if the rook can attack the bishop.
• "bishop" if the bishop can attack the rook.
• "neither" if neither piece can attack one another.

--hints--

rookBishopAttack("A1", "A5") should return "rook".

assert.equal(rookBishopAttack("A1", "A5"), "rook");

rookBishopAttack("C3", "F6") should return "bishop".

assert.equal(rookBishopAttack("C3", "F6"), "bishop");

rookBishopAttack("D4", "D7") should return "rook".

assert.equal(rookBishopAttack("D4", "D7"), "rook");

rookBishopAttack("B7", "H1") should return "bishop".

assert.equal(rookBishopAttack("B7", "H1"), "bishop");

rookBishopAttack("B3", "C5") should return "neither".

assert.equal(rookBishopAttack("B3", "C5"), "neither");

rookBishopAttack("G3", "E8") should return "neither".

assert.equal(rookBishopAttack("G3", "E8"), "neither");

--seed--

--seed-contents--

function rookBishopAttack(rook, bishop) {

  return rook;
}

--solutions--

function rookBishopAttack(rook, bishop) {
  const colDiff = Math.abs(rook.charCodeAt(0) - bishop.charCodeAt(0));
  const rowDiff = Math.abs(rook[1] - bishop[1]);

  if (rook[0] === bishop[0] || rook[1] === bishop[1]) return "rook";
  if (colDiff === rowDiff) return "bishop";
  return "neither";
}