Files

Working with multiple files is essential for a programming language so ablaze supports it though a few builtin functions

Import

File: two.abz

void make(){
    println "hello";
}

File: one.abz

import "two.abz";
void main(){
    make();
}

Output

hello

Import Library

Ablaze also features a standard library. To import it use a literal in the import bar instead of a string.

import math;
void main(){
    println min(14,99);
}

Output

14

Read File

Being able to read a files contents is just as important as being able to use outside porgrams

void main(){
    string: lines = readFile("text.txt");
    for(int i=0; i< len lines; i++){
        println "line "+i+": "+lines[i];
    }
}

text.txt

hello
there

Output:

line 0: hello
line 1: there

Write Files

You can also write to files

void main(){
    writeFile("hello.txt","hello");
}

hello.txt

hello

Create Files

void main(){
    createFile("a");
    println exists("a");
}

Output

true

Delete Files

void main(){
    createFile("a");
    deleteFile("a");
    println exists("a");
}

Output

false

Congratulations you have learned about files in ABlaze!