From 7da7595db4556a7a8844850b04b236375c65c5b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter <peter.resch@charter.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2018 12:36:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add String and  Character extensions to Tools

---
 Sources/AOC2018/tools.swift | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Sources/AOC2018/tools.swift b/Sources/AOC2018/tools.swift
index 44f5a80..50dccab 100644
--- a/Sources/AOC2018/tools.swift
+++ b/Sources/AOC2018/tools.swift
@@ -27,4 +27,19 @@ struct Tools {
         }
         return retVal
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+extension Character {
+    var isAscii: Bool {
+        return unicodeScalars.first?.isASCII == true
+    }
+    var ascii: UInt32? {
+        return isAscii ? unicodeScalars.first?.value : nil
+    }
+}
+
+extension StringProtocol {
+    var ascii: [UInt32] {
+        return compactMap { $0.ascii }
+    }
+}