2024 day 1

2024/Day 1/gold.py

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+with open('puzzle.txt', 'r') as f:
+    lines = f.read().splitlines()
+
+column_a = []
+column_b = []
+
+for line in lines:
+    new_column_a, new_column_b = line.split('  ')
+    column_a.append(new_column_a.strip())
+    column_b.append(new_column_b.strip())
+
+similarity = 0
+
+for i in range(len(column_a)):
+    for x in range(len(column_b)):
+        column_a_instances = 0
+        if column_a[i] == column_b[x]:
+            column_a_instances += 1
+
+        similarity += column_a_instances * int(column_a[i])
+
+print(similarity)

2024/Day 1/main.py

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+with open('puzzle.txt', 'r') as f:
+    lines = f.read().splitlines()
+
+column_a = []
+column_b = []
+
+for line in lines:
+    new_column_a, new_column_b = line.split('  ')
+    column_a.append(new_column_a.strip())
+    column_b.append(new_column_b.strip())
+
+column_a.sort()
+column_b.sort()
+
+print(column_a)
+print(column_b)
+
+total_distance = 0
+
+for i in range(len(column_a)):
+    total_distance += abs(int(column_a[i]) - int(column_b[i]))
+
+print(total_distance)