ids = """<multiline input string>"""
ids = [pair.split(" ") for pair in ids.split("\n")]
left = [int(t[0]) for t in ids]
right = [int(t[-1]) for t in ids]
left.sort()
right.sort()
print(sum(abs(l - r) for l, r in zip(left, right)))

# 2
s = 0
for l in left:
    s += right.count(l) * l
print(s)

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