#include #include #define BUFFER_SIZE 1024 int main(void) { FILE *fp = fopen("input", "r"); size_t lineCount = 0; char buffer[BUFFER_SIZE] = {0}; // get number of lines size_t read = 0; while ((read = fread(&buffer, sizeof(char), BUFFER_SIZE, fp))) { for (size_t i = 0; i < read; i++) { if (buffer[i] == '\n') { lineCount++; } } } rewind(fp); // get data from file int* left = malloc(lineCount * 2 * sizeof(int)); // haha pointer arithmetic go brrr int* right = left + lineCount * sizeof(int); for (size_t i = 0; i < lineCount; i++) { int leftNum, rightNum; int numsGot = fscanf(fp, "%d %d\n", &leftNum, &rightNum); if (numsGot == 2) { left[i] = leftNum; right[i] = rightNum; } } for (size_t i = 0; i < lineCount - 1; i++) { int leftMin = i; int rightMin = i; for (size_t j = i + 1; j < lineCount; j++) { if (left[j] < left[leftMin]) { leftMin = j; } if (right[j] < right[rightMin]) { rightMin = j; } } if (leftMin != i) { int temp = left[i]; left[i] = left[leftMin]; left[leftMin] = temp; } if (rightMin != i) { int temp = right[i]; right[i] = right[rightMin]; right[rightMin] = temp; } } int sum = 0; for (size_t i = 0; i < lineCount; i++) { sum += abs(left[i] - right[i]); } printf("%d\n", sum); free(left); fclose(fp); return 0; }