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[โ€“] SteveDinn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

C#

using System;
using System.Linq;

public record Point(int X, int Y); 

static class Program
{
    static async Task Main(string[] args)
    {
        var data = (await ReadInputFromFile("data.txt")).ToArray();

        var part1Answer = CalculateTotalDifference(data);
        Console.WriteLine($"Part 1 = {part1Answer}");

        var part2Answer = CountFrequencies(data);
        Console.WriteLine($"Part 2 = {part2Answer}");
    }

    public static int CountFrequencies(ICollection<Point> points)
    {
        var freq = points
            .GroupBy(p => p.Y)
            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.Count());
        return points
            .Sum(p => freq.GetValueOrDefault(p.X, 0) * p.X);
    }

    public static int CalculateTotalDifference(ICollection<Point> points)
        => points.OrderBy(p => p.X)
            .Zip(
                points.OrderBy(p => p.Y),
                (px, py) => Math.Abs(px.X - py.Y))
            .Sum();

    public static readonly char[] Delimiter = new char[] { ' ' };
    public static async Task<IEnumerable<Point>> ReadInputFromFile(string path)
        => (await File.ReadAllLinesAsync(path))
            .Select(l =>
            {
                var parts = l.Split(
                    Delimiter,
                    StringSplitOptions.TrimEntries | StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
                return new Point(int.Parse(parts[0]), int.Parse(parts[1]));
            });
}