AdventOfCode-js-2024/common.js

import fs from "node:fs";

/**
 * Load the input for a day's challenge
 *
 * @param {string|number} dayNumber The number of the day to load. A string for a file path can be provided here too.
 * @param {Function} parsingFunction A function to parse the input to a usable format
 * @param {boolean} literalPath If true, the {@link dayNumber} value should be used as a file path
 *
 * @returns {unknown}
 */
export function loadInput(dayNumber, parsingFunction, literalPath = false) {
    let filePath = literalPath ? dayNumber : `./inputs/day_${dayNumber}.input`;
    const data = fs.readFileSync(filePath, "utf8");

    return typeof parsingFunction == "function" ? parsingFunction(data) : data;
}

/**
 * Comparator for sorting numbers into ascending order
 *
 * @param {number} a
 * @param {number} b
 *
 * @returns {-1|0|1}
 */
export function numericAscSort(a, b) {
    return clamp(a - b);
}

/**
 * Convert a string to an integer
 *
 * Does no checks to make sure the value is actually a number-like value
 *
 * @param {string} string
 *
 * @returns {number}
 */
export function strToInt(string) {
    return parseInt(string, 10);
}

/**
 * Clamp a number between two other numbers
 *
 * @param {number} value The value to be clamped
 * @param {number} min The minimum value
 * @param {number} max The maximum value
 *
 * @returns {number} The clamped value
 */
export function clamp(value, min = -1, max = 1) {
    return Math.max(min, Math.min(max, value));
}