// EXAMPLE input converted to a multiline string
const input =
`1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
9000
10000`
// make an array of sub-arrays where each sub-array is one elf's calories, i.e., one grouping of nums
const groupedByElf =
input // `1000\n2000\n3000\n\n4000\n\n5000\n6000\n\n7000\n8000\n9000\n\n10000`
.split('\n\n') // ['1000\n2000\n3000', '4000', '5000\n6000', '7000\n8000\n9000', '10000']
.map(str => str.split('\n').map(str => +str)) // [ [1000, 2000, 3000], [4000], [5000, 6000], [7000, 8000, 9000], [10000] ]
// find the total for each grouping and put these totals in one array
const eachGroupSum = groupedByElf.map(subArr => subArr.reduce((acc, curVal) => acc + curVal))
// pass this array (spread) into Math.max()
const highestCalGroup = Math.max(...eachGroupSum)
// log it
console.log(highestCalGroup) // 24000
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