No, he always blames Smalltalk for his mistakes (like Donnie DDD Trump, just blame someone else).

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> On Jul 20, 2017, at 23:44, Paul DeBruicker <pdebruic@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi -
>
>
> You've misplaced the ending ]  of the block that you send #whileTrue: to.
>
>
> Try:
>
>
> [(line := inFIle nextLine) notNil]
> whileTrue:[
> words := line substrings.
> self halt.
> words size >0 ifTrue:[
> outFile nextPutAll: line, '<br>'; cr; lf].
> ].
> inFIle close.
> outFile close.
>
> Also you probably want to wrap those file close  method sends in an #ensure:
> block so it all looks like this:
>
> [
>   [(line := inFIle nextLine) notNil]
>    whileTrue:[
>    words := line substrings.
>    self halt.
>    words size >0
>        ifTrue:[outFile nextPutAll: line, '<br>'; cr; lf].
>    ]  ensure:
> [
>    inFIle close.
>    outFile close.]
>
> So that when there is an error (or a halt) in the file processing code the
> files are closed properly.  (And of course assuming nobody pulls the power
> cord).
>
>
>
> Also here is the terse guide to Squeak
>
> http://squeak.org/documentation/terse_guide/
>
> On that page the Iteration section shows how to use the #whileTrue: idiom
> and in the File section has an example like you attempted to make.
>
>
>
> And there are some free Smalltalk books available here:
>
>
> http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks.html
>
>
> Often when I'm writing code  (often bugs :/ ) it helps me to find the
> senders and implementors of methods and read how the methods I'm trying to
> use are used canonically.
>
>
> Are you trying to interact with Python from your image?  I think you'd have
> to use FFI if so.  I'm not sure.  Hopefully someone else can chime in.
>
>
> Hope this helps
>
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> ReliableRobots.com wrote
>> I ran this program and nothing happened so I added self halts and learned
>> it can't even read the input file!  Yet the File List tool reads it.  Such
>> dichotomy in behavior might be covered by a preference?  I know MS
>> Notepad,
>> the simplest editor now allows one to store a file in ones's choice of
>> formats.  Does Squeak have a simple choice for input treatments that works
>> in Win10?
>>
>> do
>> "Read a Bible file, reformat for beter readability and html standards."
>> | inPath ootPath inFIle outFile line words |
>> inPath := 'C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Website\Jesus Words\Matthew.html'.
>> ootPath := 'C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\Website\Jesus Words\Matthew2.html'.
>> inFIle := FileStream oldFileNamed: inPath.
>> outFile := FileStream newFileNamed: ootPath.
>> self halt.
>> [(line := inFIle nextLine) notNil
>> whileTrue:[
>> words := line substrings.
>> self halt.
>> words size >0 ifTrue:[
>> outFile nextPutAll: line, '
>> <br>
>> '; cr; lf].
>> ]].
>> inFIle close.
>> outFile close.
>>
>>
>> It is my observation that Squeak is the last gasp uttered by a mouse when
>> it fears death.  It is not a normal sound they make unless they are being
>> eaten by a Python!   I hope the Python people don't release code that
>> simply doesn't work.
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