LoadFile Function

Returns an array of strings holding lines of text from the file specified by argument 1.

Arguments

Number Type Compulsory Default Description
1 string Yes File name
2 string Yes 'auto' Encoding

Argument 2

Character encoding assumed for input file. May be any value returned by the function GetCodecNames . Examples include:

  • 'utf-8' UTF8 encoding. This is the encoding used internally and for output
  • 'utf-16' UTF16 also known as UCS-2
  • 'Shift-JIS' Commonly used on Japanese systems

In addition the following special values may be used:

  • 'locale' uses the default encoding for the system's locale
  • 'auto' uses 'utf-8' if successful. Otherwise uses 'locale'

Returns

Return type: string array