AdventOfCode2022/3/day3-1.vim

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" Define the function that will be run when the script is executed
function! FindAndSumCharacters()
" Initialize the sum to 0
let sum = 0
" Iterate over every line in the file
" Note: The cursor position is not relevant here, since the script
" will process the entire file
for line in getline(1, '$')
" Get the first and second half of the line
let first_half = line[:len(line)/2]
let second_half = line[len(line)/2:]
" Find the character that occurs in both the first and second half
" of the line.
" Note: There will be only one such character, since the prompt
" specified that each line contains only a-zA-Z
let common_char = ''
for char in first_half
if match(second_half, '\C' . char) >= 0
let common_char = char
" echo first_half . " - " . second_half . " - char" . common_char
break
endif
endfor
" Convert the character to a number
let common_char_num = char2nr(common_char)
let char_num = 0
if common_char_num >= char2nr('a') && common_char_num <= char2nr('z')
let char_num = common_char_num - char2nr('a') + 1
elseif common_char_num >= char2nr('A') && common_char_num <= char2nr('Z')
let char_num = common_char_num + 27 - char2nr('A')
endif
" echo "char_num " . char_num . "for char " . common_char . " char2nr " . char2nr(common_char)
" Add the number to the sum
let sum += char_num
endfor
" Output the final sum
echo sum
endfunction
" Run the script when it is loaded
call FindAndSumCharacters()