bang.coffee

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bang.coffee
¶
```
fs = require "fs"
```

Bang is a program for storing and retrieving text snippets.

module.exports = class Bang
  constructor: ->
    @loadData()

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The file where data is persisted to disk.
```
dataPath: process.env.HOME + "/.bang"
```

Initializes Bang's data store.

loadData: ->
    @data = if fs.existsSync @dataPath
      JSON.parse fs.readFileSync @dataPath
    else
      {}

Writes the data store to disk as JSON.

save: ->
    fs.writeFileSync @dataPath, JSON.stringify(@data)

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Retrieves a key's value.
```
get: (key) ->
    @data[key]
```

Sets the value of a key.

set: (key, value) ->
    @data[key] = value
    @save()

Deletes a key.

delete: (key) ->
    delete @data[key]
    @save()

Lists all keys and their values.

list: ->
    lines = []
    amount = 0

    for key of @data
      amount = key.length if key.length > amount

    for key of @data
      lines.push "#{pad(key, amount)}#{key}: #{@get key}"

    lines.join "\n"

Helper function to left-pad a string with spaces.

pad = (item, amount) ->
  out = ""
  i = amount - item.length

  while i > 0
    out += " "
    i--

  out