Advent of Code helper functions
from aoc.helpers import output, read_input_from_file, input_lines
from aoc import template
Install with pip
pip install advent-of-code-helpers
read_input_from_file
reads the data as a single line from a file
from aoc.helpers import read_input_from_file
read_input_from_file('path/to/input_data')
input_lines
returns a list of strings from the string input
from aoc.helpers import input_lines
input_lines('single\nstring\ninput')
output
prints the result to console and writes to an output file if an output directory is provided
from aoc.helpers import output
output('result', part(int), day(int), year(int), output_dir(str), file_prefix(str))
You can specify data from a file using the data(input)
function.
You can specify an output directory for output using the output(output)
function. If left empty, it will still print to screen, but will not write the result to a file. If given an output directory, the results will be appended to the file so you can easily go back and look at previous results.
from aoc import template
class Part1(template.Part1):
def solve(self):
# Read input
lines = input_lines(self.input())
# Do some work here
# Sample output
result = ','.join(lines)
return result
def main():
output_dir = '../out'
test_data = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
'resources/test_input.txt')
Part1(1, 2018).data(test_data).output(output_dir)
data = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'resources/input.txt')
Part1(1, 2018).data(data).output(output_dir)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
More usage in the example.
If you want to use your own input reader or a library like advent-of-code-data, you can override the input
method.
from aoc import template
from aoc.helpers import input_lines
from aocd import get_data
class Part1(template.Part1):
def input(self):
if self.input_file:
return super().input()
else:
return get_data(day=self.day, year=self.year)
def solve(self):
# Read input
lines = input_lines(self.input())
# Do some work here
# Sample output
result = ','.join(lines)
return result
def main():
Part1(1, 2018).output('../out')
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()