Stack Overflow Asked by Johnos on February 12, 2021
I am new to Javascript programming and this is a somewhat contrived example, but it is at the heart of a number of problems I have where I need to synchronously sequence some processing in javascript.
Say I have two text files
Sample1.text which contains
line number 1
line number 2
line number 3
line number 4
line number 5
line number 6
line number 7
And Sample2.txt which contains
line number 8
line number 9
line number 10
line number 11
line number 12
line number 13
line number 14
I need to process them so that Sample1.txt always completes processing before Sample2.txt
Here is my code:
const fs = require("fs");
const { mainModule } = require("process");
// const readline = require("readline");
const readline = require("readline-promise").default;
const rlp2 = readline.createInterface({
terminal: false,
input: fs.createReadStream("sample2.txt"),
});
const rlp1 = readline.createInterface({
terminal: false,
input: fs.createReadStream("sample1.txt"),
});
// No top-level await in JS yet, so we put it in an async function
async function processLineByLine_1_7() {
for await (const line of rlp2) console.log(`Read this line: ${line}`);
}
// No top-level await in JS yet, so we put it in an async function
async function processLineByLine_8_14() {
for await (const line of rlp1) {
console.log(`Read this line: ${line}`);
}
}
processLineByLine_1_7();
processLineByLine_8_14();
And the output:
Read this line: line number 8
Read this line: line number 9
Read this line: line number 10
Read this line: line number 11
Read this line: line number 12
Read this line: line number 13
Read this line: line number 1
Read this line: line number 2
Read this line: line number 3
Read this line: line number 4
Read this line: line number 5
Read this line: line number 6
Read this line: line number 7
Read this line: line number 14
How do I guarantee the order? So that I always guarantee the order so that I always get:
Read this line: line number 1
Read this line: line number 2
Read this line: line number 3
Read this line: line number 4
Read this line: line number 5
Read this line: line number 6
Read this line: line number 7
Read this line: line number 8
Read this line: line number 9
Read this line: line number 10
Read this line: line number 11
Read this line: line number 12
Read this line: line number 13
Read this line: line number 14
I trying to understand how we can guarantee synchronous behaviour when we need it.
Is it possible to wrap the functions processLineByLine_1_7 in a promise with for await constructs or is there some other way?
If I try this:
async function main() {
await processLineByLine_1_7();
await processLineByLine_8_14();
}
main();
I see the following output:
> node .
Read this line: line number 8
Read this line: line number 9
Read this line: line number 10
Read this line: line number 11
Read this line: line number 12
Read this line: line number 13
Read this line: line number 14
I think the problem is that your readline interfaces already start processing, as such the order is mixed up. Try only creating them when actually needed, e.g.:
const fs = require("fs");
const readline = require("readline-promise").default;
async function processLineByLine_1_7() {
const rl = readline.createInterface({
input: fs.createReadStream("sample1.txt"),
});
for await (const line of rl) {
console.log(`Read this line: ${line}`);
}
}
async function processLineByLine_8_14() {
const rl = readline.createInterface({
input: fs.createReadStream("sample2.txt"),
});
for await (const line of rl) {
console.log(`Read this line: ${line}`);
}
}
(async () => {
await processLineByLine_1_7();
await processLineByLine_8_14();
})();
Note: Obviously this could be refactored to be "more dry".
Answered by Yoshi on February 12, 2021
You need to attach await
in front of processLineByLine_1_7
& processLineByLine_8_14
.
await processLineByLine_1_7();
await processLineByLine_8_14();
Answered by Prime on February 12, 2021
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