loadFile

Description

Returns the content of given files. If you plan to compile said string, be aware that the file should not contain comments or compile will throw an error. If there are comments, use preprocessFile/preprocessFileLineNumbers instead.

Warning

If the file is not prepared using UTF-8 encoding and contains some characters with codes > 127, they might convert incorrectly.

Syntax

loadFile fileName

Parameters:

• fileName: String

Returns: String

Examples

Example 1

_contents = loadFile "wantedString.txt";

Example 2

_contents = compile loadFile "myFunction.sqf"; // will compile string into code

See also

fileExists · preprocessFile · preprocessFileLineNumbers