Difference between revisions of "File:Lines"

Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: file

Description

Returns an iterator function that, each time it is called, returns a new line from the file. Therefore, the construction

    for line in file:lines() do body end

will iterate over all lines of the file. (Unlike io.lines, this function does not close the file when the loop ends.)

(function) = file:lines()

Return values

Returns (function) iterator function