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How to manipulate files in D
Zain Babar
Overview
The D programming language does not differentiate between binary or text files. This is because a file represents a sequence of bytes.
This Answer discusses how to manipulate files in D.
Opening and closing files
As soon as a program executes, the input and output streams are operational. However, we must specify the name and the rights to that file to open and then manipulate it.
To open a file, we use the following code:
File file = File(filepath, "access-mode");
filepathis the path to the file we need to open.access-modeis the type of access we need.
Modes
ropens the file in reading mode.r+opens the file in reading and writing mode.wopens the file in writing mode. It creates the file if it doesn’t exist.w+opens the file in reading and writing mode. It creates the file if it doesn’t exist. If the file already exists, it truncates the file to zero.aopens the file in appending mode. The contents to be written are appended after the already existing contents of the file. If the file doesn’t exist, it creates the file first.a+opens the file in reading and writing mode. The contents to be written are appended after the already existing contents of the file. However, the reading starts from the beginning. If the file doesn’t exist, it creates the file first.
To close a file, we use the following code:
file.close();
Reading and writing in a file
We read a single line from an open file like this:
string line = file.readln();
We write a line in an open file like this:
file.writeln("Welcome to Educative");
Example
import std.stdio;
import std.file;
void main() {
File file;
/* Writing a file */
file= File("d_lang.txt", "w");
file.writeln("Welcome to Educative");
file.close();
/* Reading a file*/
file = File("d_lang.txt", "r");
string line = file.readln();
writeln(line);
file.close();
}Writing and reading from a file in D
Explanation
- Line 7: We write in a file. Since a file named
d_langdoesn’t exist, we create it. We then write in the file. - Line 9: We close the
d_langfile. - Line 12: We open the recently written file and read it.
- Line 14: We display the output of the text read from the file. We then close the file.
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