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- /* A suitably large size for the record buffer */
- CONST BUFFERSIZE=512
-
- PROC main()
- DEF filehandle, status, buffer[BUFFERSIZE]:STRING, filename
- filename:='datafile'
- IF filehandle:=Open(filename, OLDFILE)
- REPEAT
- status:=ReadStr(filehandle, buffer)
- /* This is the way to check ReadStr() actually read something */
- IF buffer[] OR (status<>-1) THEN process_record(buffer)
- UNTIL status=-1
- /* If Open() succeeded then we must Close() the file */
- Close(filehandle)
- ELSE
- WriteF('Error: Failed to open "\s"\n', filename)
- ENDIF
- ENDPROC
-
- PROC process_record(line)
- DEF i=1, start=0, end, s
- /* Show the whole line being processed */
- WriteF('Processing record: "\s"\n', line)
- REPEAT
- /* Find the index of a comma after the start index */
- end:=InStr(line, ',', start)
- /* If a comma was found then terminate with a NIL */
- IF end<>-1 THEN line[end]:=NIL
- /* Point to the start of the field */
- s:=line+start
- IF s[]
- /* At this point we could do something useful... */
- WriteF('\t\d) "\s"\n', i, s)
- ELSE
- WriteF('\t\d) Empty Field\n', i)
- ENDIF
- /* The new start is after the end we found */
- start:=end+1
- INC i
- /* Once a comma is not found we've finished */
- UNTIL end=-1
- ENDPROC
-