package main import ( "fmt" "internal/util" ) func main() { ids := util.ReadInput() for _, box1 := range ids { for _, box2 := range ids { diffIndex := -1 // diffIndex doubles as the letter to remove and a 'found' flag for i := range box1 { if box1[i] != box2[i] { if diffIndex != -1 { // If we reach here, we've detected more than one error, so we set // diffIndex back to -1 here to avoid the conditional below this loop. diffIndex = -1 break } diffIndex = i } } if diffIndex != -1 { fmt.Printf("%s%s\n", box1[0:diffIndex], box1[diffIndex+1:]) return } } } }