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6a22d77ddf034bc4e35b1d56 Challenge 349: Cell Signal 28 challenge-349

--description--

Given a grid containing three cell tower readings, determine the location of the phone.

  • Each cell in the grid is either 0 (no tower) or a positive integer representing the number of cells to the phone, measured in a straight line: horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
  • Return the [row, col] of the cell that is the correct number of cells from all three towers.
  • There is always exactly one solution.

--hints--

findSignal([[0, 0, 1], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]) should return [1, 2].

assert.deepEqual(findSignal([[0, 0, 1], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]), [1, 2]);

findSignal([[0, 2, 0], [1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1]]) should return [2, 1].

assert.deepEqual(findSignal([[0, 2, 0], [1, 0, 0], [0, 0, 1]]), [2, 1]);

findSignal([[0, 0, 2, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0], [2, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1]]) should return [2, 2].

assert.deepEqual(findSignal([[0, 0, 2, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0], [2, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 1]]), [2, 2]);

findSignal([[0, 3, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 2], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [4, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]) should return [3, 4].

assert.deepEqual(findSignal([[0, 3, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 2], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [4, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]]), [3, 4]);

findSignal([[3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2]]) should return [3, 3].

assert.deepEqual(findSignal([[3, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], [0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 2]]), [3, 3]);

--seed--

--seed-contents--

function findSignal(grid) {

  return grid;
}

--solutions--

function findSignal(grid) {
  const rows = grid.length;
  const cols = grid[0].length;

  const towers = [];
  for (let r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
    for (let c = 0; c < cols; c++) {
      if (grid[r][c] !== 0) towers.push([r, c, grid[r][c]]);
    }
  }

  function isValid(r, c, tr, tc, dist) {
    const dr = Math.abs(r - tr);
    const dc = Math.abs(c - tc);
    return (dr === dist || dc === dist) && (dr === 0 || dc === 0 || dr === dc);
  }

  for (let r = 0; r < rows; r++) {
    for (let c = 0; c < cols; c++) {
      if (grid[r][c] !== 0) continue;
      if (towers.every(([tr, tc, dist]) => isValid(r, c, tr, tc, dist))) {
        return [r, c];
      }
    }
  }
}