X file:lines

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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.

(function) = file:lines()

Unlike io.lines, this function does not close the file when the loop ends.

Return values

Returns (function) iterator function

Example

To iterate over all lines of a file

for line in file:lines() do
	--body
end