i'm new to dyalog APL and i'm struggling to read some input from an .txt file under Windows 10.
The input data has the format: number name newline
I want to store every line as an array element and in theory the input←⎕NGET 'input.txt' 1 function i'm using should work just fine.
According to the docs I should get a vector of char vectors as a result. But in my case I just get a scalar.
I'm able to transform the scalar into a vector of chars with ⍕input[1] but then i have every line in one single vector which is the oposite of what input←⎕NGET 'input.txt' 1 should have given me.
Did i miss a page or why is the initial function not working as it should do?
Thank you very much for your help!
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As per the docs:
The result R is a 3-element vector comprising
(content) (encoding) (newline)You're only interested in the first element, so the First function (⊃) is your friend:
input←⊃⎕NGET 'input.txt' 1
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Thank you! But now i'm confused. When ⊃ gives you the first element of a vector and indexing like in C input[1] is also possible, why do i get a nested array if i use ⊃input but only a giant scalar if i use input[1]? – erbsenhexler Dec 07 '21 at 13:25
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@erbsenhexler Does [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/46834334/5306507) answer your question? – Adám Dec 07 '21 at 13:42
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yes it does. Thank you again – erbsenhexler Dec 07 '21 at 14:36