Problem: Day 37 trimmingCharacters

@Haibo

Oct '20

When I remove trimmingCharacters from below line, I see no different when printing cluesLabel.text in console or in simulator .

cluesLabel.text = clueString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)

So why we should remove the new line \n from clueString?

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@roosterboy HWS+

Oct '20

Are you sure you don't see any difference? Not even a subtle one?

Here's what mine looks like with trimmingCharacters(in:)...

with trimming

And here's what it looks like without trimmingCharacters(in:)...

without trimming

See the subtle difference?

And in the console, with trimmingCharacters(in:)...

console with trimming

And without trimmingCharacters(in:)...

console without trimming

Here you can see there's an extra line after the non-trimmed version.

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@Haibo

Oct '20

It is interesting, in your simulator screenshot, I could see the last line is different in horizontal alignment. And there is an external line in console. However I couldn't see those two difference in my side. Below is what I got.

Here is the log in console:

And in simulator without trimmingCharacters():

with trimmingCharacters():

The code:

func loadLevel() {
        var clueString = ""
        var solutionString = ""
        var letterBits = [String]()

        if let levelFileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "level\(level)", withExtension: "txt") {
            if let levelContents = try? String(contentsOf: levelFileURL) {
                var lines = levelContents.components(separatedBy: "\n")
                lines.shuffle()

                for (index, line) in lines.enumerated() {
                    let parts = line.components(separatedBy: ": ")
                    let answer = parts[0]
                    let clue = parts[1]

                    clueString += "\(index + 1). \(clue)\n"

                    let solutionWord = answer.replacingOccurrences(of: "|", with: "")
                    solutionString += "\(solutionWord.count) letters\n"
                    solutions.append(solutionWord)

                    let bits = answer.components(separatedBy: "|")
                    letterBits += bits
                }
                print("clueString:\n\(clueString)")
            }
        }

        // Configure buttons and labels
        cluesLabel.text = clueString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
        print("withTrimm:\n\(cluesLabel.text!)")
        answersLabel.text = solutionString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)

        letterBits.shuffle()

        if letterBits.count == letterButtons.count {
            for i in 0 ..< letterButtons.count {
                letterButtons[i].setTitle(letterBits[i], for: .normal)
            }
        }
    }

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@roosterboy HWS+

Oct '20

Well, I can't see your images, but when I paste your loadLevel function into my project, I see this in the console:

console output

That blank line between the two groups is the extra \n from not trimming.

And I don't see the baseline discrepancy in the simulator because your code trims the string before assigning it to cluesLabel:

cluesLabel.text = clueString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
print("withTrimm:\n\(cluesLabel.text!)")

But if I comment out the call to trimmingCharacters(in:) then I do see the lines not matching up in the simulator, as I would expect to see.

So I'm a little confused what the issue here is. Maybe if I could see your screenshots I might understand better.

3

@Haibo

Oct '20

Well, there is another print under the for loop as I want to see the result withTrim and withoutTrim. I could see it in console it has two string printed out there.

I could see the screenshot from here and don't know why you cannot see it.

WithTrim: print("clueString:\n\(clueString)")

WithoutTrim: print("withTrimm:\n\(cluesLabel.text!)")

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	@Haibo Oct '20 When I remove `trimmingCharacters` from below line, I see no different when printing `cluesLabel.text` in console or in simulator . `cluesLabel.text = clueString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)` So why we should remove the new line `\n` from clueString? 3
	@roosterboy HWS+ Oct '20 Are you sure you don't see any difference? Not even a subtle one? Here's what mine looks like with `trimmingCharacters(in:)`... And here's what it looks like without `trimmingCharacters(in:)`... See the subtle difference? And in the console, with `trimmingCharacters(in:)`... And without `trimmingCharacters(in:)`... Here you can see there's an extra line after the non-trimmed version. 3
	@Haibo Oct '20 It is interesting, in your simulator screenshot, I could see the last line is different in horizontal alignment. And there is an external line in console. However I couldn't see those two difference in my side. Below is what I got. Here is the log in console: And in simulator without `trimmingCharacters()`: with `trimmingCharacters()`: The code: func loadLevel() { var clueString = "" var solutionString = "" var letterBits = [String]() if let levelFileURL = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "level\(level)", withExtension: "txt") { if let levelContents = try? String(contentsOf: levelFileURL) { var lines = levelContents.components(separatedBy: "\n") lines.shuffle() for (index, line) in lines.enumerated() { let parts = line.components(separatedBy: ": ") let answer = parts[0] let clue = parts[1] clueString += "\(index + 1). \(clue)\n" let solutionWord = answer.replacingOccurrences(of: "\|", with: "") solutionString += "\(solutionWord.count) letters\n" solutions.append(solutionWord) let bits = answer.components(separatedBy: "\|") letterBits += bits } print("clueString:\n\(clueString)") } } // Configure buttons and labels cluesLabel.text = clueString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) print("withTrimm:\n\(cluesLabel.text!)") answersLabel.text = solutionString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) letterBits.shuffle() if letterBits.count == letterButtons.count { for i in 0 ..< letterButtons.count { letterButtons[i].setTitle(letterBits[i], for: .normal) } } } 3
	@roosterboy HWS+ Oct '20 Well, I can't see your images, but when I paste your `loadLevel` function into my project, I see this in the console: That blank line between the two groups is the extra `\n` from not trimming. And I don't see the baseline discrepancy in the simulator because your code trims the string before assigning it to `cluesLabel`: `cluesLabel.text = clueString.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines) print("withTrimm:\n\(cluesLabel.text!)")` But if I comment out the call to `trimmingCharacters(in:)` then I do see the lines not matching up in the simulator, as I would expect to see. So I'm a little confused what the issue here is. Maybe if I could see your screenshots I might understand better. 3
	@Haibo Oct '20 Well, there is another print under the for loop as I want to see the result withTrim and withoutTrim. I could see it in console it has two string printed out there. I could see the screenshot from here and don't know why you cannot see it. WithTrim: `print("clueString:\n\(clueString)")` WithoutTrim: `print("withTrimm:\n\(cluesLabel.text!)")` 3

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