Day 1: Historian Hysteria

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FAQ

  • Rin@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    TypeScript

    Solution
    import { AdventOfCodeSolutionFunction } from "./solutions";
    
    function InstancesOf(sorted_array: Array<number>, value: number) {
        const index = sorted_array.indexOf(value);
        if(index == -1)
            return 0;
    
        let sum = 1;
    
        for (let array_index = index + 1; array_index < sorted_array.length; array_index++) {
            if(sorted_array[array_index] != value)
                break;
    
            sum += 1;
        }
    
        return sum;
    }
    
    export const solution_1: AdventOfCodeSolutionFunction = (input) => {
        const left: Array<number> = [];
        const right: Array<number> = [];
    
        const lines = input.split("\n");
    
        for (let index = 0; index < lines.length; index++) {
            const element = lines[index].trim();
            if(!element)
                continue;
    
            const leftRight = element.split("   ");
            left.push(Number(leftRight[0]));
            right.push(Number(leftRight[1]));
        }
    
        const numSort = (a: number, b: number) => a - b;
        left.sort(numSort);
        right.sort(numSort);
    
        let sum = 0;
        for (let index = 0; index < left.length; index++) {
            const leftValue = left[index];
            const rightValue = right[index];
    
            sum += Math.abs(leftValue - rightValue);
        }
    
        const part1 = `Part 1: ${sum}`;
    
        sum = 0;
        for (let index = 0; index < left.length; index++) {
            sum += left[index] * InstancesOf(right, left[index]);
        }
    
        const part2 = `Part 2: ${sum}`;
    
        return `${part1}\n${part2}`;
    };
    

    Not the most elegant solution but it works. Decided to reuse the array since it is sorted for both sides.