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std/io/read_lines.ts>readLines

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function readLines
Deprecated
Deprecated

(will be removed after 1.0.0) Use the Web Streams API instead.

import { readLines } from "https://deno.land/std@0.220.0/io/read_lines.ts";

Read strings line-by-line from a Reader.

Examples

Example 1

import { readLines } from "https://deno.land/std@0.220.0/io/read_lines.ts";
import * as path from "https://deno.land/std@0.220.0/path/mod.ts";

const filename = path.join(Deno.cwd(), "std/io/README.md");
let fileReader = await Deno.open(filename);

for await (let line of readLines(fileReader)) {
  console.log(line);
}

Parameters

reader: Reader
optional
decoderOpts: { encoding?: string; fatal?: boolean; ignoreBOM?: boolean; }

Returns

AsyncIterableIterator<string>