readLine

Read a line of text from a file and return it in a string

Information

This information is part of the Modelica Standard Library maintained by the Modelica Association.

Syntax

(string, endOfFile) = Streams.readLine(fileName, lineNumber)

Description

Function readLine(..) opens the given file, reads enough of the content to get the requested line, and returns the line as a string. Lines are separated by LF or CR-LF; the returned string does not contain the line separator. The file might remain open after the call.

If lineNumber > countLines(fileName), an empty string is returned and endOfFile=true. Otherwise endOfFile=false.

Syntax

(string, endOfFile) = readLine(fileName, lineNumber)

Inputs (2)

fileName

Type: String

Description: Name of the file that shall be read

lineNumber

Type: Integer

Description: Number of line to read

Outputs (2)

string

Type: String

Description: Line of text

endOfFile

Type: Boolean

Description: If true, end-of-file was reached when trying to read line