// https://www.codewars.com/kata/path-finder-number-1-can-you-reach-the-exit/train/javascript function pathFinder(maze) { let m = maze.split(/\n/).map(row=>row.split``); let h = m.length; let w = m[0].length; let queue = [[0, 0]]; let mark = (xx, yy) => { [[1, 0], [-1, 0], [0, 1], [0, -1], [0, 0]].map(p => { let [x, y] = [p[0]+xx, p[1]+yy]; if (0 <= x && x < w) { if (0 <= y && y < h) { if (m[y][x] === '.') { m[y][x] = '#'; queue.push([x, y]); } } } }); }; do { let p = queue.shift(); mark(...p); } while (queue.length); return m[h-1][w-1] !== '.'; }