read from a file line by line

Author: arkahood

main.go

@@ -1,7 +1,67 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func getLinesChannel(f io.ReadCloser) <-chan string {
+	lines := make(chan string)
+
+	go func() {
+		defer f.Close()
+		defer close(lines)
+
+		currentLine := ""
+
+		for {
+			read := make([]byte, 8)
+			_, err := f.Read(read)
+
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				// Send the last line if it has content
+				if currentLine != "" {
+					lines <- currentLine
+				}
+				return
+			}
+
+			if err != nil {
+				fmt.Println("Some Error Happened While Putting in Slice")
+				return
+			}
+
+			parts := strings.Split(string(read), "\n")
+
+			// Process all parts except the last one, which may be incomplete
+			if len(parts)-1 > 0 {
+				currentLine += parts[0]
+				lines <- currentLine
+				currentLine = "" // Reset for next line
+			}
+
+			// The last part, which may be incomplete gets added to currentLine
+			currentLine += parts[len(parts)-1]
+		}
+	}()
+
+	return lines
+}
 
 func main() {
-	fmt.Println("Starting Out")
+	file, err := os.Open("./messages.txt")
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("Error Happend", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	lines := getLinesChannel(file)
+
+	for val := range lines {
+		fmt.Println("read: ", val)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("DONE")
 }