Day 1: Historian Hysteria

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    9 days ago

    Kotlin

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    import kotlin.math.abs
    
    fun part1(input: String): Int {
        val diffs: MutableList<Int> = mutableListOf()
        val pair = parse(input)
        pair.first.sort()
        pair.second.sort()
        pair.first.forEachIndexed { idx, num ->
            diffs.add(abs(num - pair.second[idx]))
        }
        return diffs.sum()
    }
    
    fun part2(input: String): Int {
        val pair = parse(input)
        val frequencies = pair.second.groupingBy { it }.eachCount()
        var score = 0
        pair.first.forEach { num ->
            score += num * frequencies.getOrDefault(num, 0)
        }
        return score
    }
    
    private fun parse(input: String): Pair<MutableList<Int>, MutableList<Int>> {
        val left: MutableList<Int> = mutableListOf()
        val right: MutableList<Int> = mutableListOf()
        input.lines().forEach { line ->
            if (line.isNotBlank()) {
                val parts = line.split("\\s+".toRegex())
                left.add(parts[0].toInt())
                right.add(parts[1].toInt())
            }
        }
        return left to right
    }