const fs = require('fs'); const inputArray = fs.readFileSync('input.txt').toString().split(",").map(Number); function countFish(days) { const fishPerDay = new Array(9).fill(0); // Array of number of fish at each day remaining inputArray.forEach(f => (fishPerDay[f]++)); // Populate the array based on the input for (let d = 0; d < days; d++){ const fish = fishPerDay.shift(); // The number of fish at zero (fishPerDay.push(fish)) && (fishPerDay[6] += fish); // Put that many fish at eight and add this number to six } return fishPerDay.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0); // add up all the fish } // Part One console.log(countFish(80)); // Part Two console.log(countFish(256));