import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.FileReader; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.StringReader; public class Calibration { public static void main(String[] args) { String coor = """ 1abc2 pqr3stu8vwx a1b2c3d4e5f treb7uchet """; int total = 0; try ( // let's first remove all the spaced lines and go through char by char BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("/home/ilyes/AdventOfCode/Trebuchet/Coordinates.txt"))) { // BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new StringReader(coor))) { String line; while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) { int first = -1; int last = -1; for (String c : line.split("")) { // check for digits if (Character.isDigit(c.charAt(0))) { if (first == -1) { // we add the first digit first = Integer.parseInt(c); } // we add the last digit last = Integer.parseInt(c); } } // let's combine the first and the last digits then we do the addition (12 + 38 // + 15 + 77 = 142) first = first * 10; total += first + last; // System.out.println(first + "" + last); // the output would be // 12 // 38 // 15 // 77 resulting in total of 142 } System.out.println(total); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } }