Day 8b complete

Struggled with this challenge as well, had to consult the forums in order to get my head around it 😞
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module PWD
go 1.17

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package main
import (
"bufio"
"fmt"
"os"
"strings"
)
func main() {
content := returnContent("../input")
//content := returnContent("testInput")
//Assisted Solution
/*struggled quite a bit on this challenge,
looked at a pre-comepleted solution in order
to get a valid answer */
sum := 0
for _, line := range *content {
split := strings.Split(line, " | ")
lhs := split[0]
rhs := split[1]
lhsDigits := strings.Fields(lhs)
rhsDigits := strings.Fields(rhs)
one := ""
four := ""
seven := ""
eight := ""
var len5 []string
var len6 []string
for _, digit := range lhsDigits {
switch len(digit) {
case 2:
one = digit
case 4:
four = digit
case 3:
seven = digit
case 7:
eight = digit
case 5:
len5 = append(len5, digit)
case 6:
len6 = append(len6, digit)
}
}
zero := ""
six := ""
nine := ""
for _, digit := range len6 {
switch inCommon(digit, four) {
case 4:
nine = digit
case 3:
if inCommon(digit, seven) == 3 {
zero = digit
} else {
six = digit
}
}
}
two := ""
three := ""
five := ""
for _, digit := range len5 {
if inCommon(digit, nine) == 5 {
if inCommon(digit, seven) == 3 {
three = digit
} else {
five = digit
}
} else {
two = digit
}
}
var answerDigits [4]int
for i, digit := range rhsDigits {
if len(digit) == 6 && inCommon(digit, zero) == 6 {
answerDigits[i] = 0
} else if len(digit) == 2 && inCommon(digit, one) == 2 {
answerDigits[i] = 1
} else if len(digit) == 5 && inCommon(digit, two) == 5 {
answerDigits[i] = 2
} else if len(digit) == 5 && inCommon(digit, three) == 5 {
answerDigits[i] = 3
} else if len(digit) == 4 && inCommon(digit, four) == 4 {
answerDigits[i] = 4
} else if len(digit) == 5 && inCommon(digit, five) == 5 {
answerDigits[i] = 5
} else if len(digit) == 6 && inCommon(digit, six) == 6 {
answerDigits[i] = 6
} else if len(digit) == 3 && inCommon(digit, seven) == 3 {
answerDigits[i] = 7
} else if len(digit) == 7 && inCommon(digit, eight) == 7 {
answerDigits[i] = 8
} else {
answerDigits[i] = 9
}
}
sum += 1000*answerDigits[0] + 100*answerDigits[1] + 10*answerDigits[2] + answerDigits[3]
}
fmt.Println(sum)
}
func inCommon(a string, b string) (count int) {
for _, m := range a {
for _, n := range b {
if m == n {
count++
}
}
}
return count
}
func returnContent(path string) *[]string {
//read file and return it as an array of integers
file, err := os.Open(path)
var content []string
if err != nil {
fmt.Println("Unlucky, the file didn't open")
return &content
}
defer file.Close()
scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
for scanner.Scan() {
content = append(content, scanner.Text())
}
return &content
}

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16,1,2,0,4,2,7,1,2,14