Read the contents of a file.
Function
Synopsis
contents, size = love.filesystem.read( name, size )
Arguments
string name
- The name (and path) of the file.
number size (all)
- How many bytes to read.
Returns
string contents
- The file contents.
number size
- How many bytes have been read.
Returns (if error on reading)
nil contents
- returns nil as content.
string error
- returns an error message.
Function
Available since LÖVE 11.0
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This variant is not supported in earlier versions.
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Reads the contents of a file into either a string or a FileData object.
Synopsis
contents, size = love.filesystem.read( container, name, size )
Arguments
ContainerType container
- What type to return the file's contents as.
string name
- The name (and path) of the file
number size (all)
- How many bytes to read
Returns
value contents
- FileData or string containing the file contents.
number size
- How many bytes have been read.
Returns (if error on reading)
nil contents
- returns nil as content.
string error
- returns an error message.
See Also