Text file to array in swift

Question

I\'m trying to create a dictionary app on IOS. I have a text file (words_alpha.txt) in my Bundle, and I want to read all the words/lines, and place them into an arrray. String =

Answer 1

If you are writing an iOS app, you can move such initialization into viewDidLoad():

    var wordArray: [String] = []

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

        //...
        let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "words_alpha", withExtension: "txt")! // file URL for file "words_alpha.txt"
        do {
            let string = try String(contentsOf: url, encoding: .utf8)
            wordArray = string.components(separatedBy: CharacterSet.newlines)
        } catch {
            print(error)
        }
    }

If your words_alpha.txt does contain multiple words per line, you may need some other way.