ReadDataToString

string ReadDataToString(string filename, int count)

Return Value

Returns a string that represents the content of the file. If the file does not exist or read operation failed the result string is empty.

Parameters

filename – the name of the file.

count - the maximum number of bytes to be read from the file or -1 to read all bytes.

Remarks

Call this function to read data from the file into a string. Note that calling this function repositions the read pointer in the file by the number of bytes that have been read. In order to shift the read pointer to the beginning of the file you need to close the file first using CloseFile function.

Package

Plug in module: nd_fileplg.npl

Example

The following example demonstrates the use of ReadDataToString.

# Example for ReadDataToString

string sFileName = "c:\1.txt"

string sResult

if(IsFileExist(sFileName) == FALSE)

    Println("File ", sFileName, " does not exist")

    stop

endif

sResult = ReadDataToString(sFileName, -1)

CloseFile(sFileName)

Println(sResult)

 

Output of the example script:           

Hello World!!!
My name is Bob.