In this tutorial I'll briefly explain how one can load the content of an ASCII file into a single string.
The deferred class FILE cannot be used directly as it is deferred.
The descendant PLAIN_TEXT_FILE is what we're actually looking for.
Basic steps
The basic steps are the following:local
l_file: PLAIN_TEXT_FILE
l_content: STRING
do
create l_file.make_create_read_write (a_path)
l_file.read_stream (l_file.count)
l_content := l_file.last_string.twin
l_file.close
end
l_file: PLAIN_TEXT_FILE
l_content: STRING
do
create l_file.make_create_read_write (a_path)
l_file.read_stream (l_file.count)
l_content := l_file.last_string.twin
l_file.close
end
