AdventOfCodeSupport 1.4.0

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dotnet add package AdventOfCodeSupport --version 1.4.0                
NuGet\Install-Package AdventOfCodeSupport -Version 1.4.0                
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="AdventOfCodeSupport" Version="1.4.0" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add AdventOfCodeSupport --version 1.4.0                
#r "nuget: AdventOfCodeSupport, 1.4.0"                
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install AdventOfCodeSupport as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=AdventOfCodeSupport&version=1.4.0

// Install AdventOfCodeSupport as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=AdventOfCodeSupport&version=1.4.0                

AdventOfCodeSupport

This package provides support to simplify the process of storing each day's puzzle within a single solution. Each day is automatically registered to a central location, with built-in support for BenchmarkDotNet.

Getting Started

  • Begin by adding this NuGet package to your project AdventOfCodeSupport.
  • Add a folder to your project for the current year i.e. 2022.
  • Add a subfolder to the year called Inputs.
  • Place each day's input into that folder named by day with 2 digits 01.txt.
  • Create a class in the 2022 folder called Day01.cs
Project/
├── Program.cs
└── 2022/
    ├── Day01.cs
    ├── Day02.cs
    └── Inputs/
        ├── 01.txt
        └── 02.txt
using AdventOfCodeSupport;

namespace Foo._2022;

public class Day01 : AdventBase
{
    protected override void InternalPart1()
    {
        // Part 1 solution here.
        Console.WriteLine($"Characters: {InputText.Length}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Lines: {InputLines.Length}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Blocks: {InputBlocks.Length}");
    }

    protected override void InternalPart2()
    {
        // Part 2 solution here.
        Bag["Foo"] = "Bar"; // Pass information to unit tests
    }
}
  • The properties InputText and InputLines load from the day's input file automatically.
  • The property InputBlocks is the day's input text split on double new lines, contains text and lines for each block.
  • Create a new AdventSolutions() at your entry point.
  • Select your day from the AdventSolutions, for example:
using AdventOfCodeSupport;

var solutions = new AdventSolutions();
var today = solutions.GetMostRecentDay();
// var day3 = solutions.GetDay(2022, 3);
// var day4 = solutions.First(x => x.Year == 2022 && x.Day == 4);
today.Part1().Part2();
// today.Benchmark();
  • Run your solution parts with today.Part1().Part2().
  • Or benchmark them with today.Benchmark(), benchmarking requires running in Release.

Benchmarking

There's 2 different ways you can benchmark your solutions with this package, namely, on the derived AdventBase day object itself with .Benchmark(); or, on the entire collection of days under AdventSolutions with .BenchmarkAll(). Both options accept IConfig for BenchmarkDotNet configuration, refer to their documentation for more information. BenchmarkAll() also optionally accepts a year parameter to limit the run to a specific year.

Download Input Files

To begin you'll need to login to www.adventofcode.com, open the browser dev tools, then head to Application Tab → Storage → Cookies, click the cookie for the site, then copy the value (long chain of numbers and letters) of the session cookie.

  • Open the folder containing your .csproj file in terminal.
  • Run the command dotnet user-secrets init
  • Then dotnet user-secrets set "session" "cookie" but replace the word cookie with the actual cookie copied from the site.
  • After creating your AdventSolutions call .DownloadInputsAsync()
var solutions = new AdventSolutions();
await solutions.DownloadInputsAsync();

This only downloads input files that aren't on disk, so if you need to replace one for whatever reason, you'll need to delete the old file first.

Unit Testing

Some extension methods such as SetTestInput which means InputText and InputLines will use that test input instead of the actual input file, along with GetBag() can help assist you with creating unit tests.

protected override void InternalPart1()
{
    // Do some work then...
    Bag["Test"] = InputText; // Pass to unit test.
}
using AdventOfCodeSupport;
using AdventOfCodeSupport.Testing;

public class SampleTests
{
    private readonly AdventSolutions _solutions;

    public SampleTests()
    {
        _solutions = new AdventSolutions();
    }
    
    [Fact]
    public void InputTest_CustomInput_TextLoaded()
    {
        var day = _solutions.GetDay(2022, 4);
        day.SetTestInput("123");
        day.Part1();
        Assert.StartsWith("123", day.GetBag()["Test"]);
    }
}
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- Fixed InputLines removing leading whitespace.
- Added InputBlocks, splits on double new lines.