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advent-of-code-2022/src/day_3.rs
2022-12-04 22:06:56 +00:00

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pub fn part_1(input: &str) -> u64 {
let mut priorities_sum: u64 = 0;
let backpacks = input.lines();
for backpack in backpacks {
// todo this should be .chars() or something
let items: Vec<&str> = backpack.split("").collect();
let items_per_compartment = items.len() / 2;
let first_compartment = &items[1..items_per_compartment];
let second_compartment= &items[items_per_compartment..(items.len() - 1)];
for item in first_compartment {
if second_compartment.contains(item) {
let mut byte = item.as_bytes()[0] as u64;
// this is kind of diabolical
if item.to_string() == item.to_uppercase() {
byte -= 38;
} else {
byte -= 96;
}
priorities_sum += byte;
break;
}
}
}
priorities_sum
}