How to read .txt file line by line

J

jobo

Hey all,

If I have a text file (example.txt) and I want to read that in with
javascript and parse through it line by line, how would I do that?

For example if I had
balthazar
epitome
blah
diggit

The first line would be "balthazar"
The second line would be "epitome"
etc.. etc..

Thanks!
 
S

scripts.contact

Hey all,

If I have a text file (example.txt) and I want to read that in with
javascript and parse through it line by line, how would I do that?

For example if I had
balthazar
epitome
blah
diggit

The first line would be "balthazar"
The second line would be "epitome"
etc.. etc..


you can use split method. for example, if the content of file is on
fileContent variable then you can simply use:

fileLines=fileContent.split("\n")

first line will be:
fileLines[0]

second:
fileLines[1]

third:
fileLines[2]

.....

and the number of lines:
fileLines.length
 

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