Data file override

[Yisoong]

Deleting a " from the last line of stored data causes the program to fail to detect the data file upon next start up

Steps to recreate:

1. Add events to the list
2. Exit the program
3. Open the data file and delete the last "
4. Close the data file
5. Start the app
6. List will show no items in list and data file will be reset

Expected: Only the last line will be deleted as it is not in quotation marks
Actual: Whole file's data is deleted

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Team's Response

Thank you for noting this.

The UG states "Direct amendment from the data.txt file is not recommended to prevent data from being lost due to incorrect detail inputs." and "All fields added to data.txt must also be enclosed within double quotation marks (" ") to be properly parsed."

Intentionally editing the txt file to do something that is rejected by the app itself should be considered under "extreme user behaviour" as it is "deliberate sabotage". Also, this will affect minimal users, since not many users are going to go to the txt file to specifically remove a single quotation mark.

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