Where did the text go?

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Before you down vote, I haven't found anything that looks like this.

So i made a few text files, each is labeled a specific number(corresponding to the day of the month). Each text file has a quote embedded inside. I had it such that when the button is pressed on the view the label that says "Historical" changes to that quote.

Here is the code:

@IBAction func UpdateHistorical(sender: AnyObject) {//step 1
    let a = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(.Day, fromDate: NSDate())
    HistoricalLabel.text = String(a)
    var n = ""
    n = String(a)
    let hImage = UIImage.init(named: n)
    HistoricalImage.image = hImage

 //Below is the part that matters above was to just give context

    let path = NSTemporaryDirectory()+"1.txt"

    let readFile = try? String(contentsOfFile: path, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)

    HistoricalLabel.text = readFile

}

}

Here is an image of the view:

Here is an image of the view after execution:

What am I doing wrong?

Check you string with print() statement and make sure its not empty — Umair Afzal, Jun 02 '16 at 06:27
Oh shoot you're right it is empty. Do you have any suggestions for handling this? — Nick3150, Jun 02 '16 at 06:31
I think [Here](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24097826/read-and-write-data-from-text-file) you can find solution — Umair Afzal, Jun 02 '16 at 06:35
@Desdenova in the bar to the right in a folder with other text files — Nick3150, Jun 02 '16 at 06:41
Check this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5043864/objective-c-reading-text-files — Desdenova, Jun 02 '16 at 06:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 02 '16 at 06:26

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Label is not gone but you are setting empty string i think. You got empty string while reading text file.

answered Jun 02 '16 at 06:26

Bhadresh Mulsaniya

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Why though? My text file contains text. Is there something wrong with grabbing the text? – Nick3150 Jun 02 '16 at 06:27
path = NSTemporaryDirectory().stringByAppendingPathComponent(folder) path = path.stringByAppendingPathComponent(fileName + "." + fileType) – Bhadresh Mulsaniya Jun 02 '16 at 06:32
Refer this link : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24097826/read-and-write-data-from-text-file – Bhadresh Mulsaniya Jun 02 '16 at 06:32
https://peterwitham.com/swift/intermediate/basic-file-reading-and-writing-in-ios-8/ – Bhadresh Mulsaniya Jun 02 '16 at 06:36
let fileLocation = NSBundle.mainBundle().pathForResource("filename", ofType: "txt")! let text : String do { text = try String(contentsOfFile: fileLocation) } catch { text = "" } – Bhadresh Mulsaniya Jun 02 '16 at 06:48
Can you put screenshot where is your file located? – Bhadresh Mulsaniya Jun 02 '16 at 06:54
Make sure your text file is added in your project target. – Bhadresh Mulsaniya Jun 02 '16 at 06:57

Where did the text go?

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