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+//! Utility functions for working with the Brainfuck interpreter.
+
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use crate::{constants::TapeInner, execute, lex, parse, Error};
+
+/// Utility function to execute a Brainfuck file. Lexes, parses and executes the
+/// input file.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// This function will return an error if reading the input file, parsing or
+/// execution fails. See documentation for [`crate::parser::parse`] and
+/// [`crate::executor::execute`].
+pub fn execute_from_file(path: impl AsRef<Path>, tape: &mut [TapeInner]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let input = fs_err::read_to_string(path.as_ref())?;
+
+	let operator_codes = lex(&input);
+
+	let instructions = parse(&input, &operator_codes)?;
+
+	let mut data_pointer = 0;
+
+	execute(&instructions, tape, &mut data_pointer)?;
+
+	Ok(())
+}
+
+/// Utility function to execute Brainfuck code. Lexes, parses and executes the
+/// input.
+///
+/// # Errors
+///
+/// This function will return an error if parsing or
+/// execution fails. See documentation for [`crate::parser::parse`] and
+/// [`crate::executor::execute`].
+pub fn execute_from_str(input: &str, tape: &mut [TapeInner]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+	let operator_codes = lex(input);
+
+	let instructions = parse(input, &operator_codes)?;
+
+	let mut data_pointer = 0;
+
+	execute(&instructions, tape, &mut data_pointer)?;
+
+	Ok(())
+}