ai_advent_code_2024/lib/advent_code2024/day1.ex

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Elixir

defmodule AdventCode2024.Day1 do
@behaviour AdventCode2024.Solution
@moduledoc """
Solution for Advent of Code 2024 - Day 1: Historian Hysteria
This module processes pairs of numbers from an input file to:
- Calculate total distance between paired numbers (Part 1)
- Calculate similarity scores based on frequency matching (Part 2)
Input file format expects lines with two space-separated integers.
"""
@type result :: {:ok, integer()} | {:error, String.t()}
@type number_pair :: {[integer()], [integer()]}
@doc """
Solves Part 1 of Day 1 challenge.
Takes an input file path and calculates the total distance between paired numbers.
## Parameters
- input_file: Path to input file (defaults to "day1/input.txt")
## Returns
- `{:ok, result}` where result is the calculated total distance
- `{:error, reason}` if file reading fails
"""
@spec solve(String.t()) :: result()
def solve(input_file \\ "day1/input.txt") do
case File.read(input_file) do
{:ok, content} ->
{left, right} = parse_input(content)
result = calculate_total_distance(left, right)
{:ok, result}
{:error, reason} ->
{:error, reason}
end
end
defp valid_line?(line) do
case String.split(line, ~r/\s+/, trim: true) do
[left, right] -> match?({:ok, _}, Integer.parse(left)) && match?({:ok, _}, Integer.parse(right))
_ -> false
end
end
@doc """
Solves Part 2 of Day 1 challenge.
Takes an input file path and calculates similarity scores based on number frequencies.
## Parameters
- input_file: Path to input file (defaults to "day1/input.txt")
## Returns
- `{:ok, result}` where result is the similarity score
- `{:error, reason}` if file reading fails
"""
@spec solve_part2(String.t()) :: result()
def solve_part2(input_file \\ "day1/input.txt") do
case File.read(input_file) do
{:ok, content} ->
{left, right} = parse_input(content)
result = calculate_similarity_score(left, right)
{:ok, result}
{:error, reason} ->
{:error, reason}
end
end
@spec parse_input(String.t()) :: number_pair() | {:error, String.t()}
defp parse_input(content) do
lines = String.split(content, "\n", trim: true)
if Enum.all?(lines, &valid_line?/1) do
{left, right} =
lines
|> Enum.map(&String.split(&1, ~r/\s+/, trim: true))
|> Enum.map(fn [left, right] ->
{String.to_integer(left), String.to_integer(right)}
end)
|> Enum.unzip()
{left, right}
else
{:error, "Invalid input format"}
end
end
@spec calculate_total_distance([integer()], [integer()]) :: integer()
defp calculate_total_distance(left, right) do
Enum.zip(Enum.sort(left), Enum.sort(right))
|> Enum.map(fn {a, b} -> abs(a - b) end)
|> Enum.sum()
end
@spec calculate_similarity_score([integer()], [integer()]) :: integer()
defp calculate_similarity_score(left, right) do
frequencies = Enum.frequencies(right)
left
|> Enum.map(&(&1 * Map.get(frequencies, &1, 0)))
|> Enum.sum()
end
end