Merge pull request 'English fixes for 107_files2.zig' (#108) from hippietrail/exercises:english-107 into main

Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/ziglings/exercises/pulls/108
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Chris Boesch 2024-06-14 09:06:53 +00:00
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//
// Until now, we've only been printing our output in the console,
// which is good enough for fighting alien and hermit bookkeeping.
// which is good enough for fighting aliens and hermit bookkeeping.
//
// However, many other task require some interaction with the file system,
// However, many other tasks require some interaction with the file system,
// which is the underlying structure for organizing files on your computer.
//
// The File System provide a hierarchical structure for storing files
// by organizing files into directories, which hold files and other directories,
// thus creating a tree structure for navigating.
// The file system provides a hierarchical structure for storing files
// by organizing them into directories, which hold files and other directories,
// thus creating a tree structure that can be navigated.
//
// Fortunately, zig standard library provide a simple api for interacting
// with the file system, see the detail documentation here
// Fortunately, the Zig standard library provides a simple API for interacting
// with the file system, see the detail documentation here:
//
// https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.fs
//
// In this exercise, we'll try to
// - create a new directory
// - open a file in the directory
// In this exercise, we'll try to:
// - create a new directory,
// - open a file in the directory,
// - write to the file.
//
// import std as always
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const cwd: std.fs.Dir = std.fs.cwd();
// then we'll try to make a new directory /output/
// to put our output files.
// to store our output files.
cwd.makeDir("output") catch |e| switch (e) {
// there is a chance you might want to run this
// program more than once and the path might already
// been created, so we'll have to handle this error
// have been created, so we'll have to handle this error
// by doing nothing
//
// we want to catch error.PathAlreadyExists and do nothing
??? => {},
// if is any other unexpected error we just propagate it through
// if there's any other unexpected error we just propagate it through
else => return e,
};
// then we'll try to open our freshly created directory
// wait a minute
// wait a minute...
// opening a directory might fail!
// what should we do here?
var output_dir: std.fs.Dir = cwd.openDir("output", .{});
defer output_dir.close();
// we try to open the file `zigling.txt`,
// and propagate the error up if there are any errors
// and propagate any error up
const file: std.fs.File = try output_dir.createFile("zigling.txt", .{});
// it is a good habit to close a file after you are done with it
// so that other programs can read it and prevent data corruption
// but here we are not yet done writing to the file
// if only there were a keyword in zig that
// allows you "defer" code execute to the end of scope...
// if only there were a keyword in Zig that
// allowed you to "defer" code execution to the end of the scope...
file.close();
// !you are not allowed to switch these two lines above the file closing line!
// you are not allowed to move these two lines above the file closing line!
const byte_written = try file.write("It's zigling time!");
std.debug.print("Successfully wrote {d} bytes.\n", .{byte_written});
}
// to check if you actually write to the file, you can either,
// 1. open the file on your text editor, or
// 1. open the file in your text editor, or
// 2. print the content of the file in the console with the following command
// >> cat ./output/zigling.txt
//
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//
// Question:
// - what should you do if you want to also read the file after opening it?
// - go to documentation of the struct `std.fs.Dir` here
// - go to the documentation of the struct `std.fs.Dir` here:
// https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.fs.Dir
// - can you find a function for opening a file? how about deleting a file?
// - what kind of options can you use with those functions?

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// - create a file {project_root}/output/zigling.txt
// with content `It's zigling time!`(18 byte total)
//
// Now there no point in writing to a file if we don't read from it am I right?
// let's write a program to read the content of the file that we just created.
// Now there's no point in writing to a file if we don't read from it, am I right?
// Let's write a program to read the content of the file that we just created.
//
// I am assuming that you've created the appropriate files for this to work.
//
// Alright, bud, lean in close here's the game plan.
// Alright, bud, lean in close. Here's the game plan.
// - First, we open the {project_root}/output/ directory
// - Secondly, we open file `zigling.txt` in that directory
// - then, we initalize an array of characters with all letter 'A', and print it
// - After that, we read the content of the file to the array
// - Finally, we print out the read content
// - Then, we initalize an array of characters with all letter 'A', and print it
// - After that, we read the content of the file into the array
// - Finally, we print out the content we just read
const std = @import("std");
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const file = try output_dir.openFile("zigling.txt", .{});
defer file.close();
// initalize an array of u8 with all letter 'A'.
// we need to pick the size of the array, 64 seems like a good number.
// initalize an array of u8 with all letter 'A'
// we need to pick the size of the array, 64 seems like a good number
// fix the initalization below
var content = ['A']*64;
// this should print out : `AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA`
std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{content});
// okay, seems like a threat of violence is not the answer in this case
// can you go here to find a way to read the content ?
// can you go here to find a way to read the content?
// https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.fs.File
// hint: you might find two answers that are both vaild in this case
const bytes_read = zig_read_the_file_or_i_will_fight_you(&content);
// Woah, too screamy, I know you're excited for zigling time but tone it down a bit
// Can you print only what we read from the file ?
// Woah, too screamy. I know you're excited for zigling time but tone it down a bit.
// Can you print only what we read from the file?
std.debug.print("Successfully Read {d} bytes: {s}\n", .{
bytes_read,
content, // change this line only