iOS Reading string from a file and storing the characters separately

[abichaz]

I am building a game similar to mastermind for the iPhone and I am needed to compare two strings character by character. I need to choose a string from the database and compare it with the string entered by the player.

I have tried the following but it does not seem to work. Can you please help me.

//create file handle
	NSFileHandle *file;
	file = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingAtPath:@"4db.txt"];
	 
	//read data into file in NSData format
	NSData *filedata;
	filedata = [file readDataToEndOfFile];
	
	//convert NSData to NSString
	NSString *string;
	string = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:filedata encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]; 
	
	//convert from string to array
	NSArray *lines = [string componentsSeparatedByString:@"\n"]; 
	
	//take one of the string and store it in sword
	NSString *sword = [lines objectAtIndex:0];
	
	//convert string to char
	const char *word = [sword UTF8String];
	sec[0] = word[0];
	sec[1] = word[1];
	sec[2] = word[2];
	sec[3] = word[3];

I am now assuming sec contains the characters of the string that I read from the file. It does not seem to work. Kindly help. Any other efficient method would b great if you can suggest.

Thanks in advance
Abhinav

 

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[chown33]

First, show the definition of the sec array.

Second, explain exactly what happens (or doesn't happen) when things don't work. In other words, explain how you know it doesn't work.

Third, describe exactly what is contained in the file "4db.txt". In particular, what is the first line, since that's the only text you're using.

Other than the fact that you're not checking for any errors, I see nothing obviously wrong with what you're doing. But without seeing how the sec array is defined, and how you're using it when it doesn't work, it's impossible to say anything definitive: you simply haven't provided enough information.