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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 DataMapper 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);

TextReader

The TextReader object, returned by the openTextReader() function, allows to open, parse, read

and close a text file. (See: "openTextReader()" on the previous page.)

Methods

The following table describes the methods of the TextReader object.

Method Description

close() Closes the stream and releases resources.

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