package main import ( "bufio" "fmt" "log" "os" ) var directions [][]int = [][]int{ {0, 1}, {1, 0}, {0, -1}, {-1, 0}, } type Point struct { x, y int direction int } func (p *Point) key() string { return fmt.Sprintf("%d_%s", p.x, p.y) } func findGuard(line string) *Point { for i, char := range line { if char == '^' { return &Point{x: i} } } return nil } func readInput(file *os.File) (*Point, [][]byte) { scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file) var matrix [][]byte var guard *Point var y int for scanner.Scan() { line := scanner.Text() if line == "" { break } matrix = append(matrix, []byte(line)) if guard == nil { guard = findGuard(line) if guard != nil { guard.y = y } } y++ } return guard, matrix } func main() { if len(os.Args) < 2 { log.Fatal("You need to specify a file!") } filePath := os.Args[1] file, err := os.Open(filePath) if err != nil { log.Fatalf("Failed to open %s!\n", filePath) } guard, matrix := readInput(file) fmt.Println(guard, matrix) }