added a way to edit, remove, and add words

remove_word.lua

@@ -1,44 +1,76 @@
-return function(query)
-	results_table = {}
-	for i=1, #words do
-		local exit = true
-		local all = true
-		for _, v in pairs(arg) do	
-			if v == "-r" or v == "--raw" then
-				all = false
-				word = string.gsub(words[i][1],"%p","") 
-				if  string.find(word, query) then 
-					exit = false
-					break 
-				end 
-			end
-			if v == "-e" or v == "--english" then
-				all = false
-				word = string.gsub(words[i][2],"%p","") 
-				if  string.find(word, query) then 
-					exit = false
-					break 
-				end 
-			end
-		end
-		if all == true then
-			for j=1, #words[i]-1 do
-				word = string.gsub(words[i][j],"%p","") 
-				if  string.find(word, query) then 
-					exit = false
-					break 
-				end
-			end
-		end 		
-		if not exit then
-			local word = {i,words[i]}
-			table.insert(results_table,word)
-		end
+function removeWord(number)
+  number = tonumber(number)
+
+  local file = io.open(data_get, "r")
+	local text = file:read("*all")
+  local pos = 0
+  -- move to line
+  for i=1, number do
+    local npos = string.find(text,"\n",pos+1)
+	  if npos == nil then
+	   print("last line")
+     break
+	 end
+	  pos = npos
 	end
-	if #results_table ~= 0 then
-		results_table = adjustTableSizes(results_table)
-		printOutputTable(results_table)
-	else
-		print("no words found for <" .. query .. ">")
+
+  -- get before
+  file:seek("set",0)
+  local before = file:read(pos-1)
+  file:seek("set",pos)
+
+  -- move to things to modify
+  pos = string.find(text,"\n",pos+1)
+  file:seek("set",pos)
+
+  -- find next section
+  local next_section = string.find(text,"\"",pos+1) or file:seek("end")
+  file:seek("set",pos)
+
+  local length = next_section-pos
+
+  -- get after
+  file:seek("set",pos)
+  local after = file:read("*all") or ""
+
+  -- done w file
+	file:close()
+
+  -- get word going to be removed
+  local results_table = {}
+  if words[number] then
+		table.insert(results_table,{number,words[number]})
 	end
-end
+	results_table = adjustTableSizes(results_table)
+	print("\nare you sure you want to remove the following entry? (y/N)")
+  printOutputTable(results_table,true)
+  print("")
+  local delete = string.lower(io.read())
+  if delete == "y"
+  or delete == "ye"
+  or delete == "yes"
+  then
+    delete = true
+  else
+    delete = false
+  end
+  --[[
+  print("Before")
+  print(text)
+
+  print("After:")
+  print(before)
+  print(after)
+  ]]
+  if delete then
+  --rewrite with new info
+  	local file = io.open(data_output, "w+")
+  	file:write(before)
+  	file:write("\n")
+  	file:write(after)
+  	file:close()
+    print("\nentry was deleted.\n")
+  else
+    print("\nentry was not deleted.\n")
+  end
+end