1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/robots/utils.py b/robots/utils.py
index 5793a00..9abb08c 100644
--- a/robots/utils.py
+++ b/robots/utils.py
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ def immutable(value):
         pass
     return value
 
+def read_map(f):
+    lines = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in f]
+    width = max(len(line) for line in lines)
+    return [
+        list(line.ljust(width, City.NORMAL))
+        for line in lines
+    ]
+
 def add_spawns(map_, n_spawns, city=None):
     available = []
     for x, y, cell in iter_board(map_):