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Rust

use crate::Solution;
use std::fs;
use std::process;
struct Direction {
x: i32,
y: i32,
}
pub fn run_day_4() -> Solution {
let file = fs::read_to_string("./inputs/day4test.txt").expect("Unable to parse file");
let search_map = build_search_map(&file);
let directions: Vec<(i32, i32)> = vec![
(0,1), // N
(0,-1), // S
(1,0), // E
(-1,0), // W
(1,1), // NE
(-1,1), // NW
(1,-1), // SE
(-1,-1), // SW
];
// idea 3.0
// iterate over each letter in the word search
// for each letter, build all possible words around it
// we know the character length is 4 (XMAS, SAMX)
// so if we have a given point, i.e. (3,4)
dbg!(directions[0].0);
// Return the solution
let solution = Solution {
day: 4,
answer_1: "test".to_string(),
answer_2: "another".to_string(),
};
solution
}
// Builds a searchable map.
fn build_search_map(row: &str) -> Vec<Vec<char>> {
let mut search_map: Vec<Vec<char>> = vec!();
for line in row.lines() {
let char_vec: Vec<char> = line_to_chars(&line);
search_map.push(char_vec.clone());
}
search_map
}
// converts a line into a vectory of chars
fn line_to_chars(row_line: &str) -> Vec<char> {
row_line.chars().collect()
}