#!/usr/bin/env python3 INPUT_FILE = 'input.txt' def main(): left, right = [], [] contents = open(INPUT_FILE, 'r').readlines() for line in contents: fields = line.split(' ') left.append(int(fields[0])) right.append(int(fields[-1])) left.sort() right.sort() diff_sum = 0 for pair in list(zip(left, right)): diff_sum += abs(pair[0] - pair[1]) print(diff_sum) if __name__ == '__main__': main()