Io

Supported platforms: android, ios, mac, pc
Available since: Gideros 2011.6

Description

Manages main input/output operations{|- | style="width: 50%;"|

Methods

io.close - closes file, or the default output file
io.flush - flushes the default output file
io.input - opens file in text mode, sets as default input file, or returns current default input file
io.lines - open file in read mode, returns iterator function to return lines, nil ends
io.open - opens file in specified mode "[rawb ]", returns handle or nil
io.output - opens file in text mode, sets as default output file, or returns current default output file
io.read - reads file according to given formats, returns read values or nil
io.tmpfile - returns a handle for a temporary file, opened in update mode
io.type - returns "file" if obj is an open file handle, "close file" if closed, or nil if not a file handle
io.write - writes strings or numbers to file
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Constants

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