I have created several functions under a directory called data and fill them with random data returned by a function called generatedRandomData.
To create multiple files, I wrote these functions:
const createFile = (fileName, data) => {
if (fs.existsSync(fileName)) throw new Error('Filename already exists');
fs.writeFile(fileName, data, {
encoding: 'utf8',
flag: 'w',
}, (error) => {
if (error) return error;
console.log('File created successfully');
return null;
});
};
const createFiles = (dirPath, sizeList) => {
if (sizeList && !sizeList.length) throw new Error('The list of size should not be empty');
const fileCreationPromises = sizeList.map(async (size) => {
const data = generateRandomData(size);
const fileName = resolve(dirPath, `./data_${size}.txt`);
await createFile(fileName, data);
});
return Promise.all(fileCreationPromises);
};
Then I call the function generateData in order to generate random data and call the functions described above and then create the files:
const generateData = async (dirPath, sizeList) => {
if (!dirPath) throw new Error('No directory path was provied');
if (!sizeList || (sizeList && !sizeList.length)) throw new Error('Size list should not be empty');
await createFiles(dirPath, sizeList);
};
I call another function called execute which reads the data from these files in order to continue processing:
const execute = async (func, dirPath, label) => {
const files = fs.readdirSync(dirPath);
const result = ();
if (files && files.length) {
for (const file of files) {
const filename = resolve(dirPath, `./${file}`);
const parsedData = readDataFromFile(filename);
const data = parsedData.split(',').map((d) => Number(d));
const { length } = data;
result.push({
label: length,
value: getExecutionTime(func, data),
});
}
}
await createFile(resolve(dirPath, `./${label}`));
};
Finally, I call the function initialize:
const { resolve } = require('path');
const fs = require('fs');
const { generateData, sizeList, execute } = require('../utils/helpers');
const { underscorePartial } = require('../main/partial');
const dirPath = resolve(__dirname, '../data');
const initialize = () => {
if (!fs.existsSync(dirPath)) {
fs.mkdir(dirPath, async (error) => {
if (error) throw error;
await generateData(dirPath, sizeList);
await execute(underscorePartial, dirPath, 'uExecutionTime.txt');
});
}
};
try {
initialize();
} catch (error) {
console.log(error);
}
But I realized that uExecutionTime.txt to create in the final step contains undefined because of the function readDataFromFile that comes back undefined.
I guess the readDataFromFile start reading files before data creation is complete. Any suggestions for correcting my code or is there something missing or incorrect in the code?