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pixel, to mentalhealth
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Swift debugging driving me nuts.

I have a multiline file that I’ve loaded into a string using String(contentsOfFile:encoding:)

I'm trying to split the string using “someString.components(separatedBy: "==========\n“)

But it... just doesn’t. I know that particular string does exist in the file multiple times.

If I change the separator to just a linefeed it does split the file into 1600 items just fine. So for some reason it's not finding the "==========\n“ ?

I'm stumped.

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad Nope! tried that too.

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad it's definitely the same character - I thought the same thing so I copied it straight from the file. There's no other invisible characters (turned on invisible chars in BBEdit).

Can't escape it like that, compiler yells (as it should)

its so weird.

fun new clue: changing the separator to just “=" crashes with the error "Swift/ContiguousArrayBuffer.swift:600: Fatal error: Index out of range”

Also, this is Swift running as a command line script (i.e. with hash bang on first line)

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad .utf8

interesting thought.

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad ok, that's not it. tried a few others and they didn't work. opened in BBEdit and resaved as UTF8 just to make sure that's what it is, and still get the error. WEIRD.

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad LOL ok, that was a good idea.

it's /r/n. I guess BBEdit shows the same character for /r/n and just /n EXCEPT if I do ""=\r\n" it crashes with the "Swift/ContiguousArrayBuffer.swift:600: Fatal error: Index out of range” error

pixel,
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@krzyzanowskim yeah, I copied it straight from the file.

pixel,
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@krzyzanowskim yup. just tried that

pixel,
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@krzyzanowskim @GeekAndDad

My Clippings.txt: https://gist.github.com/evitiello/8e26523ad80302f31304a62ada938d39

Tthe script: https://gist.github.com/evitiello/7cfe8c31f6b1f59f66dc16f337e1410a

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad the definition for it is "func components<T>(separatedBy separator: T) -> [String] where T : StringProtocol”

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad haha ya

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad what the hell

pixel,
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@krzyzanowskim uhhhh wat

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad hmm. I'm on Xcode 15.4 interesting

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad No luck.

pixel,
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ok, thanks to both of you for digging into this. has to be something with my system. Even trying to just load the file and do components:separatedBy on it gives me the same issue. I'll have to look into this more later.

pixel,
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@GeekAndDad @krzyzanowskim ok, just started on it again, and SUCCESS -

  1. There are definitely UTF16 BOM in the file.
  2. if I read the file as .utf16, it doesn't work.
  3. If I read the file as .utf8, AND strip out the UTF16 BOM, BINGO.

let cleanedClippings = clippings.replacingOccurrences(of: "\u{feff}", with: "”)

Each entry has a UTF16 marke? who knows. 332 of them in my file! I grabbed it off my kindle again just to see if I had somehow done it, but no that's how it is.

Thank you all!

pixel,
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@gregtitus @GeekAndDad @krzyzanowskim Thanks for noticing the UTF16 BOM Greg!!

pixel,
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@mredig @gregtitus @GeekAndDad @krzyzanowskim oops! Thank you 😊

textfiles, to random
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pixel,
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@textfiles They're not even really trying anymore.

pixel, to apple
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The story of how the graphing calculator application made it onto the Mac.


http://www.pacifict.com/Story/

StillIRise1963, to random
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Bathrooms should be divided into assholes and not assholes.

pixel,
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@StillIRise1963 but we all have those. lol

pixel, to random
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This theraflu needs to work faster. I need to breathe.

tubetime, to random
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another silicon valley electronics flea market thread!

pixel,
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@tubetime That might be the same electronics kit I had as a kid

fahrni, to random
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I’ve been seeing a little critter run around our yard over the last few days. I think it’s a vole?

pixel,
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@fahrni Yup looks like a vole! I love those ears.

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