Read text file into array instead of being hard coded in the script.

[biirdo]

Hi,

Can anyone help please.

I have a script which displays an array content to a marquee. I would like to use a text file ('data.txt') to load the data instead of having it hardcoded in the script.

The part of the script I would like to replace is;

var msgarray=new Array
(
'Message 1','Message 2','Message 3','Message 4'
);


Many thanks.

[venerik]

Hi biirdo,

You could use the Scanner class in the java.util package for this. You can create it with a File object and then read lines from a file.

Cheers,
Erik

[biirdo]

Hi, thanks for the reply. Can you give me an idea of how this might look please as I am not familiar with java? Many thanks

[JosAH]

Hi, thanks for the reply. Can you give me an idea of how this might look please as I am not familiar with java? Many thanks

Your example code shows Javascript. Which one is it? Java or Javascript? Note that those two languages are quite different.

kind regards,

Jos

[biirdo]

Hi, it's Javascript. Thanks

[JosAH]

Hi, it's Javascript. Thanks

This is a Java forum; sorry; you have to find yourself a Javascript forum.

kind regards,

Jos

[curmudgeon]

JavaRanch/CodeRanch has a subforum on JavaScript, so you might want to check them out.

[biirdo]

Hi curmudgeon,

I will take a look. Thanks for your help

Biirdo