[swift-users] swift-users Digest, Vol 6, Issue 28

[John Myers]

Is there a way to format the text in the following link that appeared in
today's digest?  The code toward the bottom is all run together.  I would
edit to correct it if that were possible.
Thanks!

<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.user/1943>

On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 12:00 PM, <swift-users-request at swift.org> wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 30 May 2016 09:11:41 +0100
> From: "Quinn \"The Eskimo!\"" <eskimo1 at apple.com>
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> Subject: Re: [swift-users] Simple text file I/O with Swift 3
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> On 28 May 2016, at 19:05, Ken Burgett via swift-users <
> swift-users at swift.org> wrote:
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> > print(buf)
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> The trick here is to replace the above line with:
>
>     print(String(validatingUTF8: buf))
>
> `fgets` sets up `buf` to hold a C string, so you have to convert it to a
> Swift string.  How do you do this depends on the encoding of the bytes.  If
> you expect the C string to be UTF-8, then `String(validatingUTF8:)` is the
> way to go.
>
> IMPORTANT: This conversion can fail, which is why the above will print a
> bunch of optional strings, and you will have to decide what to your program
> should do when it does.
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>                    *                   *                   *
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> btw This question came up recently.  See the thread for other suggestions
> about how to handle it.
>
> <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.user/1943>
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> Share and Enjoy
> --
> Quinn "The Eskimo!"                    <http://www.apple.com/developer/>
> Apple Developer Relations, Developer Technical Support, Core OS/Hardware
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John Myers
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