Re: Need more examples ...

2016-12-09 13:18 GMT+01:00 Pontus Östlund <[email protected]>:

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> 9 dec. 2016 kl. 12:33 skrev Arie van Wingerden <[email protected]>:
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> When trying things out I find a huge module reference but a limited
> tutorial and manual.
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> E.g. I try to open a textfile for read.
> I find:
>   - Stdio.File (non-buffered)
>   - Stdio.FILE (buffered)
> However I cannot find a simple example of how to use it ...
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> I tried several ways to use the open() method, but then it says that
> neither Stdio.File nor Stdio.FILE have an open method, which is not conform
> the module reference.
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> Maybe I missed the obvious :-)
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> So, are there more examples available???
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> We could for sure be better at providing examples and tutorials. One of
> these days...
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> There are many ways to read a file:
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> The whole file in one sweep:
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> string s = Stdio.read_file("file.ext");
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> And I guess this one way of using the File object.
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> Stdio.File f = Stdio.File("file.ext", "r");
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​I used this, but I was not sure what it *meant* ...
Does this open the file?
Is this the work of a "create" method?​


> or alternatively
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> Stdion.File f = Stdio.File();
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​So is there a kind of default constructor at work?​



> f->open("file.ext", "r");
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> and then
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> string a = f->read(1024); -> read one kb
> string b = f->read();     -> read to end of file or stream
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> Hope this works.
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> # Pontus
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