Read file in swift, iOS playground

Question

Having searched through the many (many!) swift playground questions to even craft this code, I\'m still struggling.

I\'ve placed a text file in the Re

Answer 1

You can try creating a class for opening and saving your files:

update: Xcode 10 • Swift 4.2

class File {
    class func open(_ path: String, encoding: String.Encoding = .utf8) -> String? {
        if FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: path) {
            do {
                return try String(contentsOfFile: path, encoding: encoding)
            } catch {
                print(error)
                return nil
            }
        }
        return  nil
    }

    class func save(_ path: String, _ content: String, encoding: String.Encoding = .utf8) -> Bool {
        do {
            try content.write(toFile: path, atomically: true, encoding: encoding)
            return true
        } catch {
            print(error)
            return false
        }
    }
}

usage: File.save

let stringToSave: String = "Your text"

let didSave = File.save("\(NSHomeDirectory())/Desktop/file.txt", stringToSave) 

if didSave { print("file saved") } else { print("error saving file") } 

usage: File.open

if let loadedData = File.open("\(NSHomeDirectory())/Desktop/file.txt") {
    print(loadedData)
} else {
    println("error reading file")
 }  

If you prefer working with URLs (as I do and recommended by Apple):
_{Note that in Swift 4, the class URL already exists.}

class Url {
    class func open(url: URL) -> String? {
        do {
            return try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8)
        } catch {
            print(error)
            return nil
        }
    }

    class func save(url: URL, fileContent: String) -> Bool {
        do {
            try fileContent.write(to: url, atomically: true, encoding: .utf8)
            return true
        } catch {
            print(error)
            return false
        }
    }
}