TIL: LIFO解法と正規表現テクニック【CodeWars】

Input
-> Output
["NORTH", "SOUTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST", "NORTH", "WEST"]
-> ["WEST"]
/* 
Because moving "NORTH" and "SOUTH", or "EAST" and "WEST", is unnecessary.
*/

/* 
Case: omit the first "NORTH"-"SOUTH" pair 
["NORTH", "SOUTH", "SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST", "NORTH", "WEST"]
-> ["SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST", "NORTH", "WEST"]

Case: omit the "EAST"-"WEST" pair 
-> ["SOUTH", "NORTH", "WEST"]

Case: omit the "NORTH"-"SOUTH" pair 
-> ["WEST"]
*/

// this case cannot be reduced:
["NORTH", "WEST", "SOUTH", "EAST"]
-> ["NORTH", "WEST", "SOUTH", "EAST"]

function dirReduc(plan) {
  var opposite = {
    'NORTH': 'SOUTH', 'EAST': 'WEST', 'SOUTH': 'NORTH', 'WEST': 'EAST'};
  return plan.reduce(function(dirs, dir){
      if (dirs[dirs.length - 1] === opposite[dir])
        dirs.pop(); // Remove last direction if it's the opposite
      else
        dirs.push(dir); // Otherwise, add current direction to the stack
      return dirs;
    }, []);
}

function dirReduce(arr) {
  let str = arr.join(''), pattern = /NORTHSOUTH|EASTWEST|SOUTHNORTH|WESTEAST/;
  while (pattern.test(str)) str = str.replace(pattern,''); // Remove pairs while they exist
  return str.match(/(NORTH|SOUTH|EAST|WEST)/g)||[];
}

function dirReduc(arr) {
  const pattern = /NORTHSOUTH|EASTWEST|SOUTHNORTH|WESTEAST/;
  let str = arr.join('');

  while (pattern.test(str)) {
    str = str.replace(pattern, ''); // Remove pairs while they exist
  }

  const result = str.match(/(NORTH|SOUTH|EAST|WEST)/g);
  return result || [];
}

1. ["SOUTH", "EAST", "WEST", "NORTH"]
-> []

2. ["NORTH", "WEST", "SOUTH", "EAST"]
-> ["NORTH", "WEST", "SOUTH", "EAST"]