1. The Mother of All Euphoria Questions (Apologies in Advance)
Hello,
I think this question may have been asked before... ;)
I simply want to display a large text file on the screen. I read in the text
file line by line as in the library gets example. I am unable to simply
puts, printf etc the large sequence onto the display.
I can get it to work using a loop but I did not think that would be
necessary.
Stuart
2. Re: The Mother of All Euphoria Questions (Apologies in Advance)
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From: Stuart Brady <stu.doofer at CARE4FREE.NET>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2000 8:26 AM
Subject: The Mother of All Euphoria Questions (Apologies in Advance)
> Hello,
>
> I think this question may have been asked before... ;)
>
> I simply want to display a large text file on the screen. I read in the
text
> file line by line as in the library gets example. I am unable to simply
> puts, printf etc the large sequence onto the display.
>
> I can get it to work using a loop but I did not think that would be
> necessary.
Try this:
sequence s
object line
integer fn
fn = open("text.txt","r")
s = {}
while 1 do
line = gets(fn)
if atom(line) then exit
else s &= line
end if
end while
close(fn)
puts(1,s)
Regards,
Irv
3. Re: The Mother of All Euphoria Questions (Apologies in Advance)
> > I simply want to display a large text file on the screen. I read in the
> text
> > file line by line as in the library gets example. I am unable to simply
> > puts, printf etc the large sequence onto the display.
> Try this:
>
> sequence s
> object line
> integer fn
> fn = open("text.txt","r")
> s = {}
>
> while 1 do
> line = gets(fn)
> if atom(line) then exit
> else s &= line
> end if
> end while
> close(fn)
>
> puts(1,s)
Yes I see what my problem was. I was using append and believed the library
descriptions of puts and
printf actually printing sequences. :-p
The sequences have to be 'simple'. i.e. not contain 'other sequences'.
{1,2,3,4,5} O.K.
{1,2,3{4,5}} *error*
The use of concatenation is a bit understated in the documentation.
Stuart
