I have the following code that converts input like

blah, blub, gobble, dygook

to string[]

auto f = File("file.txt", "r");
auto words = f.byLine
                 .map!(
                   a => a.to!(string)
                         .splitter(", ")
                         .filter!(a => a.length)
                   )
                   .copy(appender!(string[])).data;

I'm sure there is room for improvement.

D is pretty cool in this way. Once you get used to this kind of code, you're spoiled forever.

On Friday, 8 May 2015 at 11:00:01 UTC, Chris wrote:
>
> I'm sure there is room for improvement.
>

It looks like your reading some kind of comma seperated values (csv).

have a look at std.csv of phobos

```
foreach(record;
    file.byLine.joiner("\n").csvReader!(Tuple!(string, string, int)))
{
    writefln("%s works as a %s and earns $%d per year",
             record[0], record[1], record[2]);
}
```

On Friday, 8 May 2015 at 11:14:43 UTC, Robert burner Schadek wrote:
> On Friday, 8 May 2015 at 11:00:01 UTC, Chris wrote:
>>
>> I'm sure there is room for improvement.
>>
>
> It looks like your reading some kind of comma seperated values (csv).
>
> have a look at std.csv of phobos
>
> ```
> foreach(record;
>     file.byLine.joiner("\n").csvReader!(Tuple!(string, string, int)))
> {
>     writefln("%s works as a %s and earns $%d per year",
>              record[0], record[1], record[2]);
> }
> ```

Yeah, I actually wanted to have a closer look at std.csv. But in this case the input format may change (comments, keywords etc.), so I might need a customized parser anyway.