--- exercises/106_files.zig 2024-06-17 10:11:53.651439869 +0200 +++ answers/106_files.zig 2024-06-17 10:21:50.697337653 +0200 @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ // // Until now, we've only been printing our output in the console, -// which is good enough for fighting aliens and hermit bookkeeping. +// which is good enough for fighting alien and hermit bookkeeping. // -// However, many other tasks require some interaction with the file system, +// However, many other task require some interaction with the file system, // which is the underlying structure for organizing files on your computer. // -// 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. +// 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. // -// Fortunately, the Zig standard library provides a simple API for interacting -// with the file system, see the detail documentation here: +// Fortunately, zig standard library provide 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 @@ -27,42 +27,42 @@ const cwd: std.fs.Dir = std.fs.cwd(); // then we'll try to make a new directory /output/ - // to store our output files. + // to put our output files. cwd.makeDir("output") catch |e| switch (e) { - // there is a chance you might want to run this + // there are chance you might want to run this // program more than once and the path might already - // have been created, so we'll have to handle this error + // been created, so we'll have to handle this error // by doing nothing // // we want to catch error.PathAlreadyExists and do nothing - ??? => {}, - // if there's any other unexpected error we just propagate it through + error.PathAlreadyExists => {}, + // if is 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", .{}); + var output_dir: std.fs.Dir = try cwd.openDir("output", .{}); defer output_dir.close(); // we try to open the file `zigling.txt`, - // and propagate any error up + // and propagate the error up if there are any errors 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 - // allowed you to "defer" code execution to the end of the scope... - file.close(); + // if only there were a keyword in zig that + // allows you "defer" code execute to the end of scope... + defer file.close(); - // you are not allowed to move these two lines above the file closing line! + // !you are not allowed to switch 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 in your text editor, or +// 1. open the file on your text editor, or // 2. print the content of the file in the console with the following command // >> cat ./output/zigling.txt // @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ // // Question: // - what should you do if you want to also read the file after opening it? -// - go to the documentation of the struct `std.fs.Dir` here: +// - go to 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?