Create Excel ranges from list of cell addresses with OfficeJs

const exampleCells1 = ["A1","B1","C1","F3","F4","G3","G4","X1"];
const exampleCells2 = ["AN299","AN300"];
const exampleCells3 = ["P44"];

const getRanges = (cells) => {
  const ranges = [];
  // createRanges
  return ranges;
 };
 
 
 //expected returns being
 // getRanges(exampleCells1) => ["A1:C1","F3:G4","X1:X1"];
 // getRanges(exampleCells2) => ["AN299:AN300"];
 // getRanges(exampleCells3) => ["P44:P44"];

const cells = ["A1","B1","C1","F2","F3","F4","G2","G3","G4","X5"];

function rangesFromCells(cells) {
  /* 'range' is a temp array containing the
  range currently being explored. */
  let range = [];
  /* 'dir' contains the direction of the
  current range's exploration. */
  let dir = 0;
  /* 'sizeRange' contains the size of 'range' in the
  direction of exploration: if it's being explored by row,
  its number of columns; otherwise, its number of rows.
  'currentSize' - the same thing, but for the current
  row/column inside the current range. */
  let [sizeRange, currentSize] = [null, 0];
  const output = cells.reduce(function (acc, cell) {
    switch (range.length) {
        case 0:
        range.push(cell);
        return acc;
      case 1:
        dir = whichDirection(range.at(-1), cell);
        if (!dir) {
            acc.push(range[0].concat(':', range[0]));
            range = [cell];
          return acc;
        } else {
            range.push(cell);
          currentSize = 2;
          return acc;
        }
      default:
        switch (whichDirection(range.at(-1), cell)) {
            case dir:  // The direction stays the same.
            /* 'sizeRange' is null if 'range' contains only one row/column. */
            if (!sizeRange || currentSize < sizeRange) {
              range.push(cell);
              currentSize++;
              return acc;
            } else {  /* If a cell is added that exceeds the size
            of the current range, start a new range with said cell. */
              acc.push(range[0].concat(':', range.at(-1)));
              range = [cell];
              [sizeRange, currentSize] = [null, 0];
              return acc;
            }
          case 0:
            sizeRange ??= range.length;
            /* If the latest cell is adjacent to the first cell in the current
            row/column, with an opposite direction of 'dir', it can mean the
            beginning of a new row/column inside the same range. */
            if (dir + whichDirection(range.at(-sizeRange), cell) === 0) {
                currentSize = 1;
              range.push(cell);
              return acc;
            }   /* Otherwise, a new, different range begins, so fall-through. */
          /* If the direction changes from 'down' to 'right' or
          viceversa, necessarily a new different range is starting. */
          default:
            /* If 'range' is a rectangle, it represents one range. */
            if (currentSize === sizeRange) {
              acc.push(range[0].concat(':', range.at(-1)));
              range = [cell];
              [sizeRange, currentSize] = [null, 0];
              return acc;
            /* Otherwise, the last row/column constitutes a separate range. */
            } else {
                acc.push(range[0].concat(':', range.at(-currentSize-1)));
              acc.push(range.at(-currentSize).concat(':', range.at(-1)));
              range = [cell];
              [sizeRange, currentSize] = [null, 0];
              return acc;
            }
        }
    }
  }, []);
  /* When 'reduce' has processed the last item in 'cells',
  the last range is still contained in 'range'. */
  if (!sizeRange || currentSize === sizeRange) {
    output.push(range[0].concat(':', range.at(-1)));
  } else {
    output.push(range[0].concat(':', range.at(-currentSize-1)));
    output.push(range.at(-currentSize).concat(':', range.at(-1)));
  }
  return output;
}

/**
 * Returns whether a cell is immediately to the right \
 * or immediately down of another cell.
 *
 * @param {string} cell1 - The A1 notation of the first cell.
 * @param {string} cell2 - The A1 notation of the second cell.
 * @return {number} 1 if the second cell is to the right \
 * of the first one; -1, if it's down; 0 otherwise.
 */
function whichDirection(cell1, cell2) {
  const [row1, row2] = cell1.concat(cell2).match(/(?:[0-9]+)/g).map(Number);
    const [col1, col2] = cell1.concat(cell2).match(/(?:[A-Z]+)/g);
  switch (true) {
    case col1 === col2 && row2 === row1+1:
        return -1;
    case row1 === row2 && col2 === nextCol(col1):
        return 1;
    default:
        return 0;
  }
}

/**
 * Returns the letters of a given column's right neighbour.
 *
 * @param {string} col - The name of the column.
 * @return {string} The name of the next column.
 */
function nextCol(col) {
    switch (col.at(-1)) {
    case undefined:
        return 'A';
    case 'Z':
        return nextCol(col.slice(0, -1)).concat('A');
    default:
        return col.slice(0, -1).concat(String.fromCharCode(col.charCodeAt(col.length-1) + 1));
  }
}

console.log(rangesFromCells(cells));