question about using a .txt file

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kate78

question about using a .txt file

in General Discussion • Other • 1 year ago

Does anyone know if I can use the text in a .txt file as text in a processing sketch? For example, say I want to have a paragraph of text show up in my processing sketch. Can I link it from a file so I don't have to type it all in to the sketch? Also, if I can do this, can I edit bits of the text separately or will processing read it all as one file?

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tfguy44

Re: question about using a .txt file

1 year ago

Check out loadStrings().

kate78

Re: question about using a .txt file

1 year ago

But with loadStrings() it only shows me how to type directly in to the processing sketch. What if I want to link text from a file?

PhiLho

Re: question about using a .txt file

1 year ago

I don't understand what you mean. What do you mean by " shows me how to type directly in to the processing sketch" (loadStrings doesn't show anything) and by " to link text from a file" (link in what way?).

kate78

Re: question about using a .txt file

1 year ago

Sorry, I'll try to be a little clearer. I'd like to be able to have text in a processing sketch. But rather than typing all of the text in to the sketch itself like:

text("the catcher in the rye", 85, 85);

text("j.d. salinger", 85, 92);

text("blah blah blah", 85, 99);

I'd like to have all the text in a .txt file because I will have quite a bit of text and it will make the processing sketch very lengthy if I type it all directly in as in the example above. I know how to use a .txt file to read data in processing, but I did not know if I could have the text typed in a .txt file and processing could read this file and display that text. I hope that this is clearer. Thanks!

PhiLho

Re: question about using a .txt file

1 year ago

Well, loadStrings() is still the answer. You get an array of strings, so you need a for loop to iterate on the strings and you must compute the positions of each line.

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