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reply Ky-Anh Huynh <saigon example.net> writes:
Hi,

I read line from STDIN , and strip them

[code]
auto line_st = line.strip();
[/code]


However, I can't use result in another format routine. Assume my 
input line is "foobar":

[code]
writeln("Stripped line is %s", line_st);
[/code]

This code only prints "Stripped line is ". If I use instead

[code]
writeln("Stripped line is %s", line.strip());
[/code]

the result is "Stripped line is foobar".

What're the difference between the two uses? I'm using `dmd 
v2.075.1`.

Thanks a lot.
Sep 05 2017
parent reply Azi Hassan <azi.hassan live.fr> writes:
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 12:38:54 UTC, Ky-Anh Huynh wrote:
 Hi,

 I read line from STDIN , and strip them

 [code]
 auto line_st = line.strip();
 [/code]


 However, I can't use result in another format routine. Assume 
 my input line is "foobar":

 [code]
 writeln("Stripped line is %s", line_st);
 [/code]

 This code only prints "Stripped line is ". If I use instead

 [code]
 writeln("Stripped line is %s", line.strip());
 [/code]

 the result is "Stripped line is foobar".

 What're the difference between the two uses? I'm using `dmd 
 v2.075.1`.

 Thanks a lot.
Maybe it has something to do with how you read from STDIN. Can you show that part of the code to see if I can reproduce the issue ?
Sep 05 2017
parent reply Ky-Anh Huynh <saigon example.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 13:17:34 UTC, Azi Hassan wrote:
 Maybe it has something to do with how you read from STDIN. Can 
 you show that part of the code to see if I can reproduce the 
 issue ?
I used `lines(stdin)` as in https://dlang.org/phobos/std_stdio.html#.lines . My source code is here https://github.com/icy/dusybox/blob/master/src/plotbar/main.d#L47 . Thanks for your support.
Sep 05 2017
parent reply Andrea Fontana <nospam example.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 13:40:18 UTC, Ky-Anh Huynh wrote:
 On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 13:17:34 UTC, Azi Hassan wrote:
 Maybe it has something to do with how you read from STDIN. Can 
 you show that part of the code to see if I can reproduce the 
 issue ?
I used `lines(stdin)` as in https://dlang.org/phobos/std_stdio.html#.lines . My source code is here https://github.com/icy/dusybox/blob/master/src/plotbar/main.d#L47 . Thanks for your support.
I think formattedRead is consuming your string. Andrea
Sep 05 2017
parent Ky-Anh Huynh <saigon example.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 5 September 2017 at 13:56:20 UTC, Andrea Fontana 
wrote:
 I used `lines(stdin)` as in 
 https://dlang.org/phobos/std_stdio.html#.lines . My source 
 code is here

 https://github.com/icy/dusybox/blob/master/src/plotbar/main.d#L47 .

 Thanks for your support.
I think formattedRead is consuming your string.
Great catch. You're right. Thanks a lot. `strip()` returns a slice. I use another reference variable to save them and it's fine now. [code] auto line_st = line.strip(); auto line_st2 = line_st; .... writefln("Stripped lined is %s", line_st2); // works fine [/code]
Sep 05 2017