2024 - Day 1 part 1

2024/1/1.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# 2024 - Advent Of Code 1
+
+# file = 'input_example.txt'
+file = 'input.txt'
+
+firsts = []
+seconds = []
+accum = 0
+with open(file, encoding="utf-8") as f:
+    for line in f.readlines():
+        a, b, c, d = line.strip().split(' ')
+        firsts.append(int(a))
+        seconds.append(int(d))
+
+firsts.sort()
+seconds.sort()
+
+for x, y in zip(firsts, seconds):
+    accum += abs(y - x)
+
+print(f"sum: {accum}")

2024/1/input_example.txt

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+3   4
+4   3
+2   5
+1   3
+3   9
+3   3