Difference between revisions of "Io.lines"
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The call io.lines() (with no file name) is equivalent to io.input():lines(); that is, it iterates over the lines of the default input file. In this case it does not close the file when the loop ends. | The call io.lines() (with no file name) is equivalent to io.input():lines(); that is, it iterates over the lines of the default input file. In this case it does not close the file when the loop ends. | ||
<source lang="lua"> | <source lang="lua"> | ||
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'''Returns''' (function) iterator function<br/> | '''Returns''' (function) iterator function<br/> | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 23 August 2018
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Description
Opens the given file name in read mode and returns an iterator function that, each time it is called, returns a new line from the file. Therefore, the construction
`for line in io.lines(filename) do body end`
will iterate over all lines of the file. When the iterator function detects the end of file, it returns nil (to finish the loop) and automatically closes the file.
The call io.lines() (with no file name) is equivalent to io.input():lines(); that is, it iterates over the lines of the default input file. In this case it does not close the file when the loop ends.
(function) = io.lines(filename)
filename: (string) filename to open optional
Returns (function) iterator function
