Regarding the file encoding, it is a comma separated value file (.csv) and I don't know the encoding. How would I figure out what encoding it had?
** I've done a little research and it seems that to determine the encoding, you have to look at the first two bytes of the file. I will try to do some ...
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- Mon Dec 07, 2009 12:42 pm
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: Odd behavior of read from file
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- Mon Dec 07, 2009 4:06 am
- Forum: Getting Started with LiveCode - Complete Beginners
- Topic: Odd behavior of read from file
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Odd behavior of read from file
I use the following statement to read a line from a text file
read from file myFileName for 1 line
It reads just fine, except that the return has spaces interspersed in the text. For example, the following:
Here is some text!
gets read as
H e r e i s s o m e t e x t !
Even the spaces between ...
read from file myFileName for 1 line
It reads just fine, except that the return has spaces interspersed in the text. For example, the following:
Here is some text!
gets read as
H e r e i s s o m e t e x t !
Even the spaces between ...