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Latest revision as of 15:30, 13 July 2023
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: io
Description
Opens the given file name in read mode and returns an iterator function. Each time the iterator function is called, it returns a new line from 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)
When the iterator function detects the end of file, it returns nil (to finish the loop) and automatically closes the file.
Parameters
filename: (string) filename to open optional
Return values
Returns (function) iterator function
Example
Iterates over all lines of a file
for line in io.lines(filename) do
-- body
end
