On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:18:35 +0000 Colin via Digitalmars-d-learn <digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com> wrote:
> Why does std.file.readText() append a Line Feed char onto the end
> of the string?
>
> I have a file with the following contents in it:
> Name = Int
> Other=Float
> One More = String(Random;)
>
> I then have the code:
>
> void main(string[] args){
> const text = "Name = Int
> Other=Float
> One More = String(Random;)";
>
> string input = readText(args[1]);
>
> writefln("Raw data");
> writefln("D) %s", cast(ubyte[])text[$-5..$]);
> writefln("File) %s", cast(ubyte[])input[$-5..$]);
>
> }
>
> This produces:
> Raw data
> D) [100, 111, 109, 59, 41]
> File) [111, 109, 59, 41, 10]
>
> Any Idea why the reading from the File adds on that extra '10'
> character?
>
> I don't think it's my editor adding chars to the end of the file,
> as I'm using vi.
you *definetely* has the last line ended with '\n'.
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