Read a file line by line

The task is to demonstrate how to read a file line by line (as opposed to reading the entire file).

D

<lang d>import std.stdio;

void main() {

   foreach (line; File("foobar.txt").byLine())
       write(line);

}</lang> The File is managed by reference count, and it gets closed when it gets out of scope or it changes. The 'line' is a char[] (with newline), so if you need a string you have to idup it.

Python

For the simple case of iterating over the lines of a file you can do: <lang python>with open("foobar.txt") as f:

   for line in f:
       process(line)</lang>

The with statement ensures the correct closing of the file after it is processsed, and iterating over the file object f, adjusts what is considered line separator character(s) so the code will work on multiple operating systems such as Windows, Mac, and Solaris without change.

Python also has the fileinput module. This can process multiple files parsed from the command line and can be set to modify files 'in-place'. <lang python>import fileinput for line in fileinput.input():

   process(line)

</lang>

Tcl

<lang tcl>set f [open "foobar.txt"] while {[gets $f line] >= 0} {

   # This loops over every line
   puts ">>$line<<"

} close $f</lang>

UNIX Shell

Works with: sh

Works with: bash

Works with: pdksh

<lang sh>cat foobar.txt | while read line ; do

 # This loop repeats for each line of the file
 echo "$line"

done</lang>

Visual Basic

<lang vb>' Read lines from a file ' ' (c) Copyright 1993 - 2011 Mark Hobley ' ' This code was ported from an application program written in Microsoft Quickbasic ' ' This code can be redistributed or modified under the terms of version 1.2 of ' the GNU Free Documentation Licence as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Sub readlinesfromafile()

 var.filename = "foobar.txt"
 var.filebuffersize = ini.inimaxlinelength
 Call openfileread
 If flg.error = "Y" Then
   flg.abort = "Y"
   Exit Sub
 End If
 If flg.exists <> "Y" Then
   flg.abort = "Y"
   Exit Sub
 End If

readfilelabela:

 Call readlinefromfile
 If flg.error = "Y" Then
   flg.abort = "Y"
   Call closestream
   flg.error = "Y"
   Exit Sub
 End If
 If flg.endoffile <> "Y" Then
   ' We have a line from the file
   Print message$
   GoTo readfilelabela
 End If
 ' End of file reached
 ' Close the file and exit
 Call closestream
 Exit Sub

End Sub

Sub openfileread()

 flg.streamopen = "N"
 Call checkfileexists
 If flg.error = "Y" Then Exit Sub
 If flg.exists <> "Y" Then Exit Sub
 Call getfreestream
 If flg.error = "Y" Then Exit Sub
 var.errorsection = "Opening File"
 var.errordevice = var.filename
 If ini.errortrap = "Y" Then
   On Local Error GoTo openfilereaderror
 End If
 flg.endoffile = "N"
 Open var.filename For Input As #var.stream Len = var.filebuffersize
 flg.streamopen = "Y"
 Exit Sub

openfilereaderror:

 var.errorcode = Err
 Call errorhandler
 resume '!!

End Sub

Public Sub checkfileexists()

 var.errorsection = "Checking File Exists"
 var.errordevice = var.filename
 If ini.errortrap = "Y" Then
   On Local Error GoTo checkfileexistserror
 End If
 flg.exists = "N"
 If Dir$(var.filename, 0) <> "" Then
   flg.exists = "Y"
 End If
 Exit Sub

checkfileexistserror:

 var.errorcode = Err
 Call errorhandler

End Sub

Public Sub getfreestream()

 var.errorsection = "Opening Free Data Stream"
 var.errordevice = ""
 If ini.errortrap = "Y" Then
   On Local Error GoTo getfreestreamerror
 End If
 var.stream = FreeFile
 Exit Sub

getfreestreamerror:

 var.errorcode = Err
 Call errorhandler
 resume '!!

End Sub

Sub closestream()

 If ini.errortrap = "Y" Then
   On Local Error GoTo closestreamerror
 End If
 var.errorsection = "Closing Stream"
 var.errordevice = ""
 flg.resumenext = "Y"
 Close #var.stream
 If flg.error = "Y" Then
   flg.error = "N"
   '!! Call unexpectederror
 End If
 flg.streamopen = "N"
 Exit Sub

closestreamerror:

 var.errorcode = Err
 Call errorhandler
 resume next

End Sub

Public Sub errorhandler()

 tmp$ = btrim$(var.errorsection)
 tmp2$ = btrim$(var.errordevice)
 If tmp2$ <> "" Then
   tmp$ = tmp$ + " (" + tmp2$ + ")"
 End If
 tmp$ = tmp$ + " : " + Str$(var.errorcode)
 tmp1% = MsgBox(tmp$, 0, "Error!")
 flg.error = "Y"
 If flg.resumenext = "Y" Then
   flg.resumenext = "N"

' Resume Next

 Else
   flg.error = "N"

' Resume

 End If

End Sub

Public Function btrim$(arg$)

 btrim$ = LTrim$(RTrim$(arg$))

End Function</lang>