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1.7 KiB
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55 lines
1.7 KiB
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# eyes
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Parse and convert strings using human-readable templates.
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The crate's primary purpose is parsing challenge inputs for [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com) challenges. It currently provides limited functionality, but more options may be added provided they are useful additions for parsing slightly more complicated formats.
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This crate does not have any dependencies, as I wanted to keep it simple to and lightweight in design.
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## Syntax
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The only special characters in templates are curly brackets `{}`. These act as stand-ins for where the extracted values are in the input strings.
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## Examples:
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```rust
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use eyes::parse;
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let input = "#lol @ 338,7643: 20.2x24.5";
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let template = "#{} @ {},{}: {}x{}";
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let (id, x, y, w, h) = parse!(input, template, String, isize, isize, f64, f64);
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assert_eq!((id.as_str(), x, y, w, h), ("lol", 338, 7643, 20.2, 24.5));
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```
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**eyes** will match capture groups greedily and expand them as far as possible, so that the following example also works as expected:
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```rust
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use eyes::parse;
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let input = "turn off 660,55 through 986,197";
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let template = "{} {},{} through {},{}";
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let (op, x1, y1, x2, y2) = parse!(input, template, String, usize, usize, usize, usize);
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assert_eq!(
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(op.as_str(), x1, y1, x2, y2),
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("turn off", 660, 55, 986, 197)
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);
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```
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Notice that "turn off" is captured correctly, even though it contains a space.
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For error handling, the `try_parse` macro is provided which can be very useful in parsing potentially malformed input:
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```rust
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use eyes::try_parse;
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let input = "1 2\n3,4\n5 6";
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let result = input
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.lines()
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.filter_map(|line| try_parse!(line, "{} {}", i64, i64))
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.collect::<Vec<_>>();
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assert_eq!(vec![(1, 2), (5, 6)], result);
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```
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