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openTextReader(filename,encoding)

filename

String that represents the name of the file to open.

encoding

String that specifies the encoding of the file to read (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, etc.).

Example

In the following example, the openTextReader() function is used to open the actual data sample

file in the Data Mapper for reading.

var fileIn = openTextReader(data.filename);

var tmp = createTmpFile();

var fileOut = openTextWriter(tmp.getPath());

var line;

while((line = fileIn.readLine())!=null){

fileOut.write(line.replace((subject),""));

fileOut.newLine();

}

fileIn.close();

fileOut.close();

deleteFile(data.filename);

tmp.move(data.filename);

tmp.close();

OpenTextWriter()

This function opens a file as a text file for writing purposes. The function returns a TextWriter

object. This must be closed at the end.

OpenTextWriter(filename, encoding, append)

filename

String that represents the name of the file to open.

encoding

String specifying the encoding to use (UTF-8, ISO-8859-1, etc.)..

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