Handle reading data from external CSV files

1 files changed, 68 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/csv/csv.go b/csv/csv.go
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+package csv
+
+import (
+	"../structs"
+	"encoding/csv"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+)
+
+// openStarCSV opens the file at the given path and reads its content. It then returns the content inform of a slice
+// of slices
+func openStarCSV(path string) [][]string {
+
+	// Open the file located at the given path
+	b, err := os.Open(path)
+
+	// Handle errors
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("openStarsCSV Panic! (cannot read file from %s)", path)
+	}
+
+	// Close the file afre reading it's content
+	defer b.Close()
+
+	// Parse the files conten usin a csv-reader
+	lines, err := csv.NewReader(b).ReadAll()
+
+	// Handle errors
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println("openStarsCSV Panic! (cannot read the files content)")
+	}
+
+	return lines
+}
+
+// Import gets a file, a starting line, an ending line and  a struct. It then adds the content of the file to the struct
+// For finding the length of the .csv, you can use the following command in linux:
+// $ cat <csv> | wc -l
+func Import(path string, start int, end int, slice []structs.Star) []structs.Star {
+	lines := openStarCSV(path)
+
+	for linenr, line := range lines[start:end] {
+		x, errx := strconv.ParseFloat(line[0], 64)
+		y, erry := strconv.ParseFloat(line[1], 64)
+
+		// Handle errors
+		if errx != nil {
+			log.Printf("error reading value from csv in line nr. %d (%s)", linenr, errx)
+		}
+		if errx != nil {
+			log.Printf("error reading value from csv in line nr. %d (%s)", linenr, erry)
+		}
+
+		// Create a temporary star for assembling the star
+		tempStar := structs.Star{
+			structs.Coord{x, y},
+			structs.Force{0, 0},
+			1000000,
+		}
+
+		// Add the Temporary star to the slice
+		slice = append(slice, tempStar)
+
+	}
+
+	return slice
+}