aoc2024/day-01/internal/two/solve.go

package two

import (
	"bufio"
	"bytes"
	"io"
	"slices"
	"strings"
)

func Solve(buf []byte) (int, error) {
	r := bytes.NewReader(buf)
	left, right, err := parseLines(r)
	if err != nil {
		return 0, err
	}

	var similarity int
	for k, v := range left {
		indx := slices.Index(right, k)
		if indx == -1 {
			continue
		}

		for i, n := range right[indx:] {
			if n > k {
				similarity += k * v * i
				break
			}
		}
	}

	return similarity, nil
}

func parseLines(r io.Reader) (map[int]int, []int, error) {
	left := make(map[int]int)
	right := []int{}

	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
	for scanner.Scan() {
		nums := strings.Fields(scanner.Text())

		left[mustConv(nums[0])]++
		right = insertSorted(right, mustConv(nums[1]))
	}

	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	return left, right, nil
}