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For some reason, test is empty after this happens but isn't while it's being populated
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reading-words.js
var test = [];
var fs = require('fs');
var filename = '/usr/share/dict/words';
require('readline').createInterface({
input: fs.createReadStream(filename),
terminal: false
}).on('line', function(line){
test.push(line);
});
console.log(test.length);
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traviskaufman commented Feb 24, 2013

(see comment on FB)

var test = [];
var fs = require('fs');
var filename = '/usr/share/dict/words';
require('readline').createInterface({
    input: fs.createReadStream(filename),
    terminal: false
}).on('line', function(line){
    test.push(line);
}).on('close', function() {
    console.log(test.length);
});

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