Simple text file I/O with Swift 3 (Quinn "The Eskimo!")

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Hi Quinn,

The link you referenced above <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.user/1943&gt; is all about Swift 2.2. I had already found that one on StackOverflow and gave it a try, which caused me to generate the string of queries, when it all fell apart under Swift 3.

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Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 09:11:41 +0100
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Subject: Re: [swift-users] Simple text file I/O with Swift 3
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On 28 May 2016, at 19:05, Ken Burgett via swift-users > <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:

print(buf)

The trick here is to replace the above line with:

    print(String(validatingUTF8: buf))

`fgets` sets up `buf` to hold a C string, so you have to convert it to
a Swift string. How do you do this depends on the encoding of the
bytes. If you expect the C string to be UTF-8, then
`String(validatingUTF8:)` is the way to go.

IMPORTANT: This conversion can fail, which is why the above will print
a bunch of optional strings, and you will have to decide what to your
program should do when it does.

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btw This question came up recently. See the thread for other
suggestions about how to handle it.

<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.user/1943&gt;

Share and Enjoy
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Quinn "The Eskimo!" <http://www.apple.com/developer/&gt;
Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware

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