From 80a0b71a15774d2fca37b64e3cc5c5fe712b1060 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: x0x7 <x0x7@tutanota.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:30:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add 2024/day1/part1.erl

---
 2024/day1/part1.erl | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 2024/day1/part1.erl

diff --git a/2024/day1/part1.erl b/2024/day1/part1.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33995e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2024/day1/part1.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-module(day1).
+-export([main/0]).
+
+
+main() ->
+    {ok, Content} = file:read_file("input.txt"),
+    Lines = string:split(string:trim(Content), "\n", all),
+    {List1, List2} = lists:foldl(fun parse_line/2, {[], []}, Lines),
+    SortedList1 = lists:sort(List1),
+    SortedList2 = lists:sort(List2),
+    Distance = calculate_distance(SortedList1, SortedList2),
+    io:format("Result: ~p~n", [Distance]).
+
+
+parse_line(Line, {Acc1, Acc2}) ->
+    [Str1, Str2] = string:split(string:trim(Line), "   ", all),
+    {Num1, _} = string:to_integer(Str1),
+    {Num2, _} = string:to_integer(Str2),
+    {[Num1 | Acc1], [Num2 | Acc2]}.
+
+
+calculate_distance(List1, List2) ->
+    lists:sum([abs(A - B) || {A, B} <- lists:zip(List1, List2)]).