solve day 6 part 1

day6/main.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	d, _ := ioutil.ReadFile("input")
+	s := string(d)
+	groups := strings.Split(s,"\n\n")
+	total := 0
+	for _, g := range groups {
+		results  := make(map[rune]bool)
+		lines := strings.Split(g,"\n")
+		for _, l := range lines {
+			for _, c := range l {
+				if _, ok := results[c]; !ok { // if it's not already accounted for
+					results[c] = true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		total += len(results)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(total)
+}