I've just finished reading a very spirited debate on the merits of streaming versus reading in an entire file. I'm convinced that both are ideal depending on the situation. Thank you for the responses I received on my original post. I had tried previously on StackOverflow, having joined just for that purpose, but found myself censured and 'put on hold' for asking a poor question, so I certainly enjoy and appreciate your guy's help and support. Yesterday I discovered what I consider to be an elegant solution (because of it's simplicity and that I comprehend the code) on the sample code of the IBM BlueMix playground website. I include it here in only slightly modified form. They didn't have a 'create file' version, but I can work on trying to come up with that when I get a chance. (Or, any of you can suggest that reverse version). Here it is... (I did test it, and it works)
/* Opens a file and prints it to the console. Shows how file input can be done in swift. From IBM BlueMix Swift Playground sample code selections. */ #if os(OSX) || os(iOS) || os(watchOS) || os(tvOS) import Darwin #else import Glibc #endif let stream = fopen("Resources/sampleIn.txt", "r") var s = "" while (true) { let c = fgetc(stream) if c == -1 { break } s = String(Character(UnicodeScalar(UInt32(c)))) print(s, terminator:"") } Thanks! John -- John Myers Mathematics and Computer Science Teacher Math Department Chair Shawano Community High School 220 County Road B Shawano, WI 54166 ------------------------------------------------------------------ mye...@shawanoschools.com (715) 526-2175 ext 2114
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