Satrtscript and helper functions

2024/helpingFunctions.py

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+import sys, os
+
+sampleMode = False
+
+def identifyDay(inputArgument):
+    twoDigitsDay = '00'
+    day = 0 if (inputArgument[inputArgument.rfind('/')+4:inputArgument.rfind('.')] == 'X') else inputArgument[inputArgument.rfind('/')+4:inputArgument.rfind('.')]
+    twoDigitsDay = str(day).zfill(2)
+    return twoDigitsDay 
+
+def setSampleMode(mode:bool):
+    global sampleMode
+    if (mode) : sampleMode = True
+    return 
+
+def getSampleMode():
+    return sampleMode
+
+def showSampleMode():
+    if ( getSampleMode() ):
+        print ("----------------------")
+        print ("Running im Sample Mode")
+        print ("----------------------")
+    return   
+
+def getPath2Data(aocDay):
+    return './day'+str(aocDay)+'/'
+
+def getFilename2Data(aocDay):
+    dataFilename = 'sample.day'+str(aocDay) if ( sampleMode ) else 'data.day'+str(aocDay)
+    return dataFilename
+
+def readDataFile (path, filename):
+    data = ''
+    return data