readTextFile function

Syntax

string readTextFile(filePath)

Parameters

• filePath (string)
  Name of the text file to read. See Asset Search for information about search locations. Supported extension is .txt.

Returns

The content of filePath as a string.

Description

The readTextFile function reads the text file filePath. Supported encodings are ASCII, UTF-8 and UTF-16. Lineendings are converted to '\n', unprintable control characters are replaced with '?'.

Related

• readStringTable function
• splitString function

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