loadStrings working weirdly

TheZipCreator

So I have this bit of code in preload()

function preload() {
  let gamename = "test";
  let fdat = loadStrings("games/"+gamename+".bit");
  console.log(fdat);
  fdata = fdat;
}

And the file "test.bit" reads:

block
50
110
200
200
0
255
0
floor
50
100
200
10
0
255
0

But what I get in console is an array containing the values:

"block"
"50"
"110"
"200"
"200"
"0"
"255"
"0"

Even though the file reads what is above.

The array should read:

"block"
"50"
"110"
"200"
"200"
"0"
"255"
"0"
"floor"
"50"
"100"
"200"
"10"
"0"
"255"
"0"

I have no idea why this happens, can someone explain?

Chrisir

so fdat is an array of type string (or can be)

maybe it's just cut in console, did you try any other way of output such as for loop over it? Maybe fdat itself is ok?

koogs

i think he's trying to print the array before it's fully loaded - it's called preload for a reason...

https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/preload

Chrisir

I see.

How can we detect if loading is over?

koogs

read the preload reference? 8)

(setup blocks until preload is finished)

Chrisir

ah, and in turn draw waits till setup is done

thanks!

GoToLoop

Can you host your sketch at the link below along w/ your "test.bit" file:
https://OpenProcessing.org/sketch/create

So we can also run it and check what's going wrong w/ it? :-?

TheZipCreator

This was just a caching problem.