loadFile

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Description

Description:

Return content of given filename as string. If you plan to compile said string, be aware that the file shouldn't contain comments or compile will throw an error. If there are comments, use preprocessFile/preprocessFileLineNumbers instead.

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

Groups:

Program Flow

Syntax

Syntax:

loadFile fileName

Parameters:

fileName: String

Return Value:

String

Examples

Example 1:

_contents = loadFile "wantedString.txt";

Example 2:

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

Additional Information

See also:

fileExists preprocessFilepreprocessFileLineNumbers

Notes

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Posted on 25 January 2016 - 12:13

James

Notice that you will have to activate file patching via -filePatching. Otherwise, execVM and loadFile will *not* load any files outside your mission folder (like the global scripts).