read a line from file in go code example
Example 1: golang read file line by line
package main
import (
"bufio"
"bytes"
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
)
func readFileWithReadString(fn string) (err error) {
fmt.Println("readFileWithReadString")
file, err := os.Open(fn)
defer file.Close()
if err != nil {
return err
}
reader := bufio.NewReader(file)
var line string
for {
line, err = reader.ReadString('\n')
fmt.Printf(" > Read %d characters\n", len(line))
fmt.Println(" > > " + limitLength(line, 50))
if err != nil {
break
}
}
if err != io.EOF {
fmt.Printf(" > Failed!: %v\n", err)
}
return
}
func readFileWithScanner(fn string) (err error) {
fmt.Println("readFileWithScanner - this will fail!")
file, err := os.Open(fn)
defer file.Close()
if err != nil {
return err
}
scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
for scanner.Scan() {
line := scanner.Text()
fmt.Printf(" > Read %d characters\n", len(line))
fmt.Println(" > > " + limitLength(line, 50))
}
if scanner.Err() != nil {
fmt.Printf(" > Failed!: %v\n", scanner.Err())
}
return
}
func readFileWithReadLine(fn string) (err error) {
fmt.Println("readFileWithReadLine")
file, err := os.Open(fn)
defer file.Close()
if err != nil {
return err
}
reader := bufio.NewReader(file)
for {
var buffer bytes.Buffer
var l []byte
var isPrefix bool
for {
l, isPrefix, err = reader.ReadLine()
buffer.Write(l)
if !isPrefix {
break
}
if err != nil {
break
}
}
if err == io.EOF {
break
}
line := buffer.String()
fmt.Printf(" > Read %d characters\n", len(line))
fmt.Println(" > > " + limitLength(line, 50))
}
if err != io.EOF {
fmt.Printf(" > Failed!: %v\n", err)
}
return
}
func main() {
testLongLines()
testLinesThatDoNotFinishWithALinebreak()
}
func testLongLines() {
fmt.Println("Long lines")
fmt.Println()
createFileWithLongLine("longline.txt")
readFileWithReadString("longline.txt")
fmt.Println()
readFileWithScanner("longline.txt")
fmt.Println()
readFileWithReadLine("longline.txt")
fmt.Println()
}
func testLinesThatDoNotFinishWithALinebreak() {
fmt.Println("No linebreak")
fmt.Println()
createFileThatDoesNotEndWithALineBreak("nolinebreak.txt")
readFileWithReadString("nolinebreak.txt")
fmt.Println()
readFileWithScanner("nolinebreak.txt")
fmt.Println()
readFileWithReadLine("nolinebreak.txt")
fmt.Println()
}
func createFileThatDoesNotEndWithALineBreak(fn string) (err error) {
file, err := os.Create(fn)
defer file.Close()
if err != nil {
return err
}
w := bufio.NewWriter(file)
w.WriteString("Does not end with linebreak.")
w.Flush()
return
}
func createFileWithLongLine(fn string) (err error) {
file, err := os.Create(fn)
defer file.Close()
if err != nil {
return err
}
w := bufio.NewWriter(file)
fs := 1024 * 1024 * 4
for i := 0; i < fs; i++ {
w.WriteRune('a')
}
w.WriteRune('\n')
w.WriteString("Second line.")
w.Flush()
return
}
func limitLength(s string, length int) string {
if len(s) < length {
return s
}
return s[:length]
}
Example 2: golang read line
package main
import "fmt"
func main(){
x := string
fmt.Scanln(&x)
}