grid.slice(x,x+3) Turns the 10x10 array into a 3x10 discarding the rows before and after the target rows. If the second value in slice is larger than the leng

grid.slice(x,x+3) Turns the 10x10 array into a 3x10 discarding the rows before and after the target rows. If the second value in slice is larger than the length it slices to the end. It could be a 2x10 or 1x10 but lets pretend it is 3. .map(g=>g.slice(y,y+3)) Does the same with each row making it into a 3x3 (or 2x3 or 1x1 etc) .flat() Turns the 3x3 into a flat array of up to 9 values. .includes(num) tests if the flat sliced array include num.