diff --git a/2024/day1/problem2.txt b/2024/day1/problem2.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a58a776 --- /dev/null +++ b/2024/day1/problem2.txt @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- Part Two --- +Your analysis only confirmed what everyone feared: the two lists of location IDs are indeed very different. + +Or are they? + +The Historians can't agree on which group made the mistakes or how to read most of the Chief's handwriting, but in the commotion you notice an interesting detail: a lot of location IDs appear in both lists! Maybe the other numbers aren't location IDs at all but rather misinterpreted handwriting. + +This time, you'll need to figure out exactly how often each number from the left list appears in the right list. Calculate a total similarity score by adding up each number in the left list after multiplying it by the number of times that number appears in the right list. + +Here are the same example lists again: + +3 4 +4 3 +2 5 +1 3 +3 9 +3 3 +For these example lists, here is the process of finding the similarity score: + +The first number in the left list is 3. It appears in the right list three times, so the similarity score increases by 3 * 3 = 9. +The second number in the left list is 4. It appears in the right list once, so the similarity score increases by 4 * 1 = 4. +The third number in the left list is 2. It does not appear in the right list, so the similarity score does not increase (2 * 0 = 0). +The fourth number, 1, also does not appear in the right list. +The fifth number, 3, appears in the right list three times; the similarity score increases by 9. +The last number, 3, appears in the right list three times; the similarity score again increases by 9. +So, for these example lists, the similarity score at the end of this process is 31 (9 + 4 + 0 + 0 + 9 + 9). + +Once again consider your left and right lists. What is their similarity score? \ No newline at end of file