package main import ( "fmt" "os" "strings" "strconv" "sort" ) func check(e error) { if e != nil { panic(e) } } func abs(n int) int { if n < 0 { return -n } return n } func main() { // read in file as lines dat, err := os.ReadFile("data.txt") check(err) lines := strings.Split(string(dat), "\n") // construct lists left_list := []int{} right_list := []int{} for i := range len(lines) - 1 { numbers := strings.Split(lines[i], " ") left_num, err := strconv.Atoi(numbers[0]) check(err) right_num, err := strconv.Atoi(numbers[1]) check(err) left_list = append(left_list, left_num) right_list = append(right_list, right_num) } // sort lists sort.Ints(left_list) sort.Ints(right_list) // count difference distance := 0 for i := range left_list { distance += abs(left_list[i] - right_list[i]) } fmt.Println(distance) }