how do i get a newline in io.write?

Posted by Braindead on Thu 31 May 2007 02:58 PM — 4 posts, 24,977 views.

Braindead Netherlands Thu 31 May 2007 02:58 PM #0

I'm trying to save multiple arrays to the same file, but to read them successfully I need to know how to add a new line to the file.

code used for saving:

Quote:

f = io.output (MobFileName)
c = 0
if ArrayListAll() then
for k, a in pairs (ArrayListAll ()) do
if ArrayKeyExists (a, "Type") then
if ArrayGet (a, "Type") == "Mob" then
c = c + 1
f:write (ArrayExport (a, ";"))
end -- if
end -- if
end -- for
end -- if
f:close ()

code used for loading:

Quote:

f = io.input (MobFileName)
c = 0
repeat
s = f:read ("*l")
if s then
ArrayImport (ArrID,s,";")
some code here to process data
ArrayClear (ArrID)
c = c + 1
end -- if
until not s
f:close ()

Shaun Biggs USA Thu 31 May 2007 03:46 PM #1

f:write("\n")

Just tack it on the end of each individual line.
f:write ("foo\n")

Braindead Netherlands Thu 31 May 2007 04:00 PM #2

Duh, I thought I tried that, but I used /n instead.

Thanks

Shaun Biggs USA Thu 31 May 2007 04:49 PM #3

That's ok, if it makes you feel any better, I spent two hours yesterday trying to figure out why I wasn't able to put a \ into a string. Forgot that I needed "\\" to do that.