def translate(self):
# aseemble the code
self.parse()
# write assembled code to .hack file
fh.writeAsmFile(self._filePath, self._codeList)
# check to see if the directory is valid
if not fh.dirExists(fileDir):
sys.exit("Incorrect file directory!")
# get the file paths for all vm files in directory
filePaths = fh.getVmFiles(fileDir)
# the cformatter object
cf = CFormatter()
# intialize the code list for each file
codeList = []
# iterate over each file path
for i, filePath in enumerate(filePaths):
tr = Translator(filePath, cf)
if i == 0:
tr.handleInit()
# assemble the code
tr.parse()
# store current codelist in the combined one
codeList += tr.getCodeList()
# write assembled code to .asm file
fh.writeAsmFile(fileDir, codeList)