Crate aochelpers

Structs

• Coordinate
  A standard 2D Cartesian Coordinate
• Coordinate3d
  Standard 3D Cartesian Coordinate
• Cuboid
  Describes a cuboid aligned with the x,y,z axes by way of its top left back and bottom right front corners
• Label
  Convenience-based struct converting typical AoC node labels consisting of numbers and letters to a numeric representation, saveing all that tedious mucking about with lifetimes.
• Particle
  Representation of a point moving in a direction
• Rectangle
  Describes a rectangle aligned with the x,y,z axes by way of its top left and bottom right corners
• ScoredItem
  Generic struct used to select an item based on a minimum score. Use with std::collections::BinaryHeap for problems requiring Djikstra’s Algorithm or A*

Enums

• Direction
  Compass directions

Traits

• Heading
  Defines a direction used by a Particle. May be either a compass Direction or an i32 bearing.

Functions

• gcd
  Returns the greatest common divisor of two numbers
• get_daily_input
  Retrieves and caches a day’s input, returning it as a string
• get_everybodycodes_input
  Takes an Everybody Codes input from the local Downloads folder if unavailable in the cache. In the future this may be expanded to download inputs directly.
• lcm
  Returns the lowest common multiple of two numbers
• parse_number_grid
  Parses a grid of digits in the form of a string to a HashMap<Coordinate, V>