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+const { readFileSync } = require("fs");
+// Parse Input
+const inputFile = "input.txt";
+const input = readFileSync(inputFile).toString();
+const grid = [];
+input
+  .trim()
+  .split("\n")
+  .forEach((line) => grid.push(line.split("")));
+
+const directions = [
+  [0, -1],
+  [-1, 0],
+  [1, 0],
+  [0, 1],
+];
+
+function isInGrid(coord) {
+  let x = coord[0];
+  let y = coord[1];
+  return !(x < 0 || y < 0 || x >= grid[0].length || y >= grid.length);
+}
+
+let areas = [];
+let parsed = [];
+
+for (let y = 0; y < grid.length; y++) {
+  const line = grid[y];
+  for (let x = 0; x < line.length; x++) {
+    if (!parsed.find((c) => c[0] == x && c[1] == y)) {
+      let currentValue = grid[y][x];
+      let currentArea = {
+        id: areas.length,
+        value: currentValue,
+        fences: 0,
+        items: 0,
+      };
+      let toParse = [[x, y]];
+      while (toParse.length > 0) {
+        let e = toParse.pop();
+        if (parsed.find((c) => c[0] == e[0] && c[1] == e[1]) != null) continue;
+        parsed.push(e);
+
+        currentArea.items = currentArea.items + 1;
+
+        directions.forEach((d) => {
+          let nd = [d[0] + e[0], d[1] + e[1]];
+          if (isInGrid(nd) && grid[nd[1]][nd[0]] == currentArea.value) {
+            toParse.push(nd);
+          } else {
+            currentArea.fences = currentArea.fences + 1;
+          }
+        });
+      }
+      areas.push(currentArea);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+let result = 0;
+
+areas.forEach((a) => (result += a.fences * a.items));
+console.log(result);