Hi Louis,
This is not a school project. I was looking for a local tutor but could find
none. So this is me doing this instead of working crossword puzzles or sudukos.
So your advice would be:
(f atEnd) whileFalse: [
line := f nextLine
(line size < 2) ifFalse: [ “process line”].
].
Sincerely,
Joe.
> On Apr 25, 2016, at 10:06 AM, Louis LaBrunda [via Smalltalk]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> Better than checking for #nextLine answering nil, I think you can send the
> file stream #atEnd
> to see if there is any more data. You would then use a #whileFalse: and move
> the #nextLine
> call into the second block of the whileFalse:. Then test for empty lines
> with something like:
> (line size < 2) ifFalse: [...putting all the code that does the work on a
> line with data in
> here...].
>
> Lou
>
> PS. If this is not a school project, we can be of more help, we just don't
> like doing
> students projects for them as they learn more with just a few hints and not
> real code.
>
> On Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:16:33 -0500, Joseph Alotta <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> >Greetings,
> >
> >I have this code:
> >
> >******
> >
> >read
> > "read the category file into the dictionary
> > the first item is the category, the rest of the line are payees
> >
> > office expense|home depot|staples|costco
> > groceries|natures best|jewel|trader joes|fresh thyme
> > "
> >
> >| f line |
> >f := FileStream oldFileNamed: myfile.
> >
> >[(line := f nextLine) notNil] whileTrue: [ | array cat payees |
> >
> > array := line findTokens: $| escapedBy: Character
> > tab .
> >
> > cat := array first.
> > payees := array reject: [ :i | i = cat ]. "rest of the line"
> >
> > payees do: [ :p | mydict at: (p withBlanksCondensed) put: (cat
> > withBlanksCondensed)].
> > ].
> >
> >
> >f close.
> >
> >*********
> >
> >I am getting some blank lines in the data file. Lines with just a Character
> >cr. I was wondering how to handle that. In other languages, there is a
> >break for the loop, to go to the end. I can do:
> >
> >(line size < 2) ifTrue: [ f nextLine.].
> >
> >But that would interfere with the notNil idiom at the end of the file. So
> >where do I put this. Is there a common way to jump to the end?
> >
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >
> >
> >Joe.
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