File to array: Difference between revisions

From Kolmafia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
Added in r18740
Line 8: Line 8:
|function1.param2.default=
|function1.param2.default=
|function1.param1.description=Path to the text file
|function1.param1.description=Path to the text file
|description=The returned value is actually a map of strings, one string for each line. Like <code>[[file_to_map|file_to_map()]]</code>, empty lines and those starting with a <code>#</code> are ignored.
|description=<p>The returned value is actually a map of strings, one string for each line. Like <code>[[file_to_map|file_to_map()]]</code>, empty lines and those starting with a <code>#</code> are ignored.</p>
 
<p>This function was added in [https://kolmafia.us/threads/18740-add-string-int-file_to_array-string-filename.22964/ r18740].</p>
|code1={{CodeSample
|code1={{CodeSample
   |title=Code Samples
   |title=Code Samples

Revision as of 05:05, 21 December 2020

Function Syntax

string [int] file_to_arraystring filename )

Reads data from a text file and returns a map of strings containing each line.
  • filename: Path to the text file

The returned value is actually a map of strings, one string for each line. Like file_to_map(), empty lines and those starting with a # are ignored.

This function was added in r18740.

Code Samples

Reads a data file into a map of strings and prints each line

string [int] lines = file_to_array("mydata.txt");
foreach line_no, line in lines {
  print(`{line_no}: {line}`);
}

See Also

file_to_map() | map_to_file()