Standard library

Buffered lines

Split text or files into lines.

Introduction

Split text or files into lines. Import std/bufio to bind the module as bufio. Call free functions as bufio.name(...). Struct methods use a receiver value.

/ std/bufio

This page is the package reference for std/bufio. Private helpers used only by co-located tests are not listed.

Functions

Free functions on bufio. Each function has a short description, an example, then parameters and return shape.

lines

Splits text into lines on newline characters. Call form: bufio.lines(s).

/ std/bufio

$ lines = bufio.lines("a\nb\n")

Parameters: s: text to split. Returns: List of line strings without trailing newlines.

read_lines

Reads a file and splits it into lines. Call form: bufio.read_lines(path).

/ std/bufio

$ lines = bufio.read_lines(p'/tmp/lines.txt')

Parameters: path: file path as string or locator. Returns: List of line strings from the file.