Create a txt file - swift : IOS

Question

I am trying to create a txt file in swift language. HOw can i do that?

I tried to check if the file exists:4

let fileManager = NSFileManager.defaultManager()

if fileManager.fileExistsAtPath("history.txt") {
print("File exists")
} else {
print("File not found")
  //If the file doesn't exist I want to create it here
}

I couldn't find where is this question answer. Could you tell me please. — fr0zt, Dec 28 '15 at 12:30

Satheesh · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-28T13:45:53.830

Could you please try this,

let someDummyTextForTextFile  = "Hi there I am the contents of text file"

let data:NSData = someDummyTextForTextFile.dataUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!

let fileManage = NSFileManager.defaultManager()


if let dir : NSString = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.AllDomainsMask, true).first {

    data.writeToFile("\(dir)/myFile.txt", atomically: true)
}

This will create a text file in your documents directory. Or simply try this,

if let dir : NSString = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.AllDomainsMask, true).first {

    do {
    try someDummyTextForTextFile.writeToFile("\(dir)/myFile.txt", atomically: true, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
}
catch _ {

    print("something went wrong")
}
}

It is creating a .txt file with the contents of the string variable. I checked it just now. — Satheesh, Dec 28 '15 at 13:44

Create a txt file - swift : IOS

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