177. Read a file into a string with unformatted stream.#
topic: Input and Output
Note
This tip is a draft1.
An entire file can be read into a string by
(1) using INQUIRE to get the file size (2) allocating a string to this size (3) reading the string using unformatted stream
The string can then be broken into lines by searching for newline characters.
An entire file can be read into a string by
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(1) using INQUIRE to get the file size
(2) allocating a string to this size
(3) reading the string using unformatted stream
The string can then be broken into lines by searching for newline characters.pic.twitter.com/khKAhk83HM
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