FileIO for Trevor

//
//  ViewController.swift
//  testFileIO
//
//  Created by Robert Leon Collins Jr on 10/21/15.
//  Copyright © 2015 Robert Leon Collins Jr. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    
    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        let file = "file.txt" //this is the file. we will write to and read from it
        
        let textArray: [String: String] = ["firstPerson": "Robert", "secondPerson": "Johnny", "thirdPerson": "Chi", "fourthPerson": "Trevor"] //trying to write an array
        
        let text = NSDictionary(dictionary: textArray)
        
        if let dir : NSString = NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSSearchPathDirectory.DocumentDirectory, NSSearchPathDomainMask.AllDomainsMask, true).first {
            let path = dir.stringByAppendingPathComponent(file);
            
            //writing
            do {
                try text.writeToFile(path, atomically: false)
                print("I SUCCEEDED")
            }
            catch let error {"THERE IS A MISTKE!!! \(error)"}
            
            //reading
            do {
                let text2 = try NSString(contentsOfFile: path, encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
                print(text2)
            }
            catch let errorTwo {"I can't read... \(errorTwo)"}
        }
    }
    
    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }


}