Read file into array

Question

I have a file of words/phrases separated by newlines. I need to get the file and read each word/phrase into the array. I have this so far: ``` NSFileHandle *wordsFile = [NSFileHandle fileHandleForReadingAtPath:[[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"WordList" ofType:nil]]; NSData *words = [wordsFile readDataToEndOfFile]; [wordsFile closeFile]; [wordsFile release]; ``` But I'm not sure if that's right, and if so, where to go from there. Also, teabot's answer of NSString componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet: NSCharacterSet newlineCharacterSet works great, but it's 10.5 only. How would this behavior be replicated for 10.4?

Accepted Answer

Here is an approach that should work - I'll leave out an actual code example as the implementation should be fairly straightforward given following:

Construct an NSString from your file with:

```
NSString stringWithContentsOfFile:encoding:error
```

Split the string into an array of NSStrings using the following:

```
NSString componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:
NSCharacterSet newlineCharacterSet
```

You should end up with an NSArray of NSStrings with each string containing one of the lines in your file.

Read file into array

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