import { readFileSync } from "fs"; const t0 = performance.now(); const input = readFileSync("input.txt") .toString() .split(/\r*\n/) .filter((e) => e.length > 0) .map((e) => e.split("")); const expand = (arr) => arr.reduce( (a, i) => [ ...a, ...(i.some((e) => e !== ".") ? [i] : [i, Array(i.length).fill(".")]), ], [] ); console.log(expand(input)); const t1 = performance.now(); console.log(`Runtime: ${t1 - t0}ms`);