pika - lib.lua

This is my first lua library. It will primarily be used for advent-of-code and was started in late 2025.

installation

1. Clone this repo.

2. cd into the repo folder.

3. Run sudo luarocks make

4. Use the lib.

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Currently there is not much you can do.

examples

Just giving the answer..

local aoc = require("pika.aoc")

local int = 5

aoc.answer(int)

OUTPUT:

$ lua init.lua
The anwser should be:   5

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Store all lines inside a file as separate entries in a table

local aoc = require("pika.aoc")

local file = arg[1]

tbl = aoc.file_to_tbl(file)

usage:

$ lua init.lua ./path/to/file.txt