day1p12: input    
	| list1 list2 nums dist sim |
	
	list1 := OrderedCollection new.
	list2 := OrderedCollection new.
	
	input linesDo: [ :l |
		nums := l substrings collect: [ :n | n asInteger ].
		list1 add: (nums at: 1).
		list2 add: (nums at: 2).
	].

	list1 sort.
	list2 sort.
	
	dist := 0.
	list1 with: list2 do: [ :a :b | dist := dist + (a - b) abs ].
	
	sim := list1 sumNumbers: [ :x | x * (list2 occurrencesOf: x) ].
	
	^ Array with: dist with: sim.

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