advent_of_code_2022

My solutions (or attempts) to Advent of Code 2022 using Go!

Setup

• Clone the repository
• Install Go:
  • For mac: brew install go
  • For windows: ...go to https://go.dev I suppose?

Structure

You'll find a main.go, this contains the main function to initiate the running of tasks and some error handling/validation on user input. This file defines an interface for days to adhear to.

Inside the days/ package you'll find individual packages for each day e.g. days/day1/. These contain a main file for the day's tasks and a corresponding test file.

There is a utils/ package too, this holds some helper functions (mostly just reading an input file and converting to [][]string)

Finally there is an inputs/ package, here the .txt file inputs are found. The file naming is opinionated, the given input is day{dayNumber}.txt and then any corresponding tests will be day{dayNumber}_test{testNumber}.txt

Running

Run from terminal in project root

• To simply run the program for a given day

  • go run . {chosen day}

• To run the tests

  • For all tests: go test ./... -v
  • For specific day: go test ./day{chosen day} -v

• Or, if you feel like it, you could build the project to get an executable

  • go build
  • Then you can run the program file with ./advent_of_code_2022 {chosen day} note: you will need the input .txt files in the right location relative to the .exe, /inputs/day{number}/

Have fun!