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NRT
Reading an array of entries from a text file
May 5th, 2010, 8:51am  
I have a file which contains a number of entries about pictures, namely the file path, an effect to be applied and the time to display. Each piece of information is separated using a delimiter.

How can I load this separate information from the file? I can load say just the image path ok using
String textfile = selectInput(); pathname = loadStrings(file);

So, I'd ideally want to load the image path into pathname, the effect and then the time (the effect would be applied to that picture)

Any help appreciated! Smiley
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PhiLho 
Re: Reading an array of entries from a text file
Reply #1 - May 5th, 2010, 9:37am  
loadStrings(), as the name implies, returns several strings in an array.
One string per line of your file.
Then you have to use split() on each line to get each field in a separate string.
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NRT
Re: Reading an array of entries from a text file
Reply #2 - May 6th, 2010, 9:53am  
Awesome. Thanks! Smiley
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