aoc-2024/day3/part1.lua
2024-12-03 12:54:26 -08:00

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-- see if the file exists
local function file_exists(file)
local f = io.open(file, "rb")
if f then
f:close()
end
return f ~= nil
end
-- get all lines from a file, returns an empty
-- list/table if the file does not exist
local function lines_from(file)
if not file_exists(file) then
return {}
end
local lines = {}
for line in io.lines(file) do
lines[#lines + 1] = line
end
return lines
end
-- tests the functions above
local file = "input"
local lines = lines_from(file)
local total = 0
-- print all line numbers and their contents
for _, line in pairs(lines) do
for a, b in string.gmatch(line, "mul%((%d+),(%d+)%)") do
---@diagnostic disable-next-line: redefined-local
local a, b = tonumber(a), tonumber(b)
total = total + (a * b)
end
end
io.output():write(total)