Golang : Read a file into an array or slice example
Ok, got a junior developer that wants to know how to read a text file content line by line into an array or slice. He is dealing with a legacy software that doesn't send out data either in JSON or XML format. The legacy software output is in text format.
Solution :
Use strings.Split()
function with newline (\n
) as the separator and ioutil.ReadFile()
function.
Here you go!
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io/ioutil"
"os"
"strings"
)
func main() {
if len(os.Args) <= 1 {
fmt.Printf("USAGE : %s <target_filename> \n", os.Args[0])
os.Exit(0)
}
fileName := os.Args[1]
fileBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(fileName)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(1)
}
sliceData := strings.Split(string(fileBytes), "\n")
fmt.Println(sliceData)
}
Reference:
See also : Golang : Display a text file line by line with line number example
By Adam Ng(黃武俊)
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