// // Prerequisite : // - exercise/106_files.zig, or // - create a file {project_root}/output/zigling.txt // with content `It's zigling time!`(18 bytes total) // // 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. // - First, we open the {project_root}/output/ directory // - Secondly, we open file `zigling.txt` in that directory // - Then, we initialize 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 // // Note: For simplicity, we read byte-by-byte without buffering. // In real applications, you'd typically use a buffer for better // performance. We'll learn about buffered I/O in a later exercise. const std = @import("std"); pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void { const io = init.io; // Get the current working directory const cwd = std.Io.Dir.cwd(); // try to open ./output assuming you did your 106_files exercise var output_dir = try cwd.openDir(io, "output", .{}); defer output_dir.close(io); // try to open the file const file = try output_dir.openFile(io, "zigling.txt", .{}); defer file.close(io); // initialize 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 initialization below var content = ['A']*64; // this should print out : `AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA` std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{content}); var file_reader = file.reader(io, &.{}); const reader = &file_reader.interface; // 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? // https://ziglang.org/documentation/master/std/#std.Io.Reader // hint: look for a method that reads into a slice 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? std.debug.print("Successfully Read {d} bytes: {s}\n", .{ bytes_read, content, // change this line only }); }