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Posted 28 November 2014 - 11:09 PM
Asking because I'm having difficulty with this and I really want a method other than loading the file as an API.
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How to read from a file using the fs API?
Started by trajing, 28 November 2014 - 10:09 PM
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Posted 28 November 2014 - 11:17 PM
fileHandle=fs.open("folder/file.txt","r") --"r" as the second argument opens the file in read mode
text=fileHandle.readAll()
fileHandle.close()
The file will be stored in the variable text.
797 posts
Posted 28 November 2014 - 11:32 PM
Watch out for if the file doesn't exist. If it doesn't exist, you'll get an "attempt to call nil" error where you are calling fileHandle.readAll().