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Rust

use std::io;
type Column = Vec<String>;
type Columns = Vec<Column>;
// split input text into columns based on separator character
// returns a type representing a variable length array of strings (columns) ?
pub fn split_columns(text: &str, sep: char) -> Result<Columns, io::Error> {
// read the first line stripping empty lines
let lines: Vec<&str> = text.trim().lines().collect();
// count number of columns
let n_col = lines.iter().next().unwrap();
eprintln!("{:?}", lines);
// detect number of columns
Ok(Columns::new())
}
#[test]
fn test_split_columns(){
let coltext1 = r###"
file1.txt title1
file2.pdf title2
file3 title3
"###;
let columns = split_columns(coltext1, '\t');
// should have two columns
assert_eq!(columns.unwrap().len(), 2);
// println!("columns:\n{:?}", columns);
}