Advent of Code Parsers

A collection of convenient Python parsers for Advent of Code problems.

Installation

pip install aocp

Quickstart

You can import parsers from the base module. There are two main types of parsers:

Iterable parsers, which return a sequence of elements from parsing a str, such as list, tuple or dict
Transform parsers, which return a single object from parsing a str, such as an int, bool or another str

Iterable parsers can be composed with other parsers nested within, including Transform parsers and other Iterable parsers. They can also be nested with some base types such as int.

Transform parsers cannot have nested parsers, but they can be composed with other parsers in a sequence using ChainParser.

This way, the structure of the output data mirrors that of the expression used to instantiate the parser transform.

Here is a basic usage example:

raw_data = "46,79,77,45,57,34,44,13,32,88,86,82,91,97"
parser = ListParser(IntParser)
parser.parse(raw_data)

Which results in:

[46, 79, 77, 45, 57, 34, 44, 13, 32, 88, 86, 82, 91, 97]

And here is a more advanced example, from AoC 2021 day 4:

raw_data = """7,4,9,5,11,17,23,2,0,14,21,24,10,16,13,6,15,25,12,22,18,20,8,19,3,26,1

22 13 17 11  0
 8  2 23  4 24
21  9 14 16  7
 6 10  3 18  5
 1 12 20 15 19

 3 15  0  2 22
 9 18 13 17  5
19  8  7 25 23
20 11 10 24  4
14 21 16 12  6

14 21 17 24  4
10 16 15  9 19
18  8 23 26 20
22 11 13  6  5
 2  0 12  3  7"""
parser = TupleParser(
    (
        IntListParser(),
        ListParser(ListParser(IntListParser())),
    )
)
parser.parse(raw_data)

Which results in:

(
    [7, 4, 9, 5, 11, 17, 23, 2, 0, 14, 21, 24, 10, 16, 13, 6, 15, 25, 12, 22, 18, 20, 8, 19, 3, 26, 1], 
    [[[22, 13, 17, 11, 0],
     [8, 2, 23, 4, 24],
     [21, 9, 14, 16, 7],
     [6, 10, 3, 18, 5],
     [1, 12, 20, 15, 19]],
    [[3, 15, 0, 2, 22],
     [9, 18, 13, 17, 5],
     [19, 8, 7, 25, 23],
     [20, 11, 10, 24, 4],
     [14, 21, 16, 12, 6]],
    [[14, 21, 17, 24, 4],
     [10, 16, 15, 9, 19],
     [18, 8, 23, 26, 20],
     [22, 11, 13, 6, 5],
     [2, 0, 12, 3, 7]]]
)

By default, the splitting elements in an iterable are guessed from the string provided. However, you can provide them through the splitter argument. This can be a strings or a sequence of strings, which will all act as splitters.

A notebook with more examples from Aoc 2021 is available here.