String to Array

[Big_Al]

Hi.

When importing a variable from an external .txt file, I know that it will not properly import an array. I rember seeing a way to convert the string to an array, but I can't find it. Does anyone know the code?

I have used the search button to attempt to find the answer, however that proved fruitless. I know i have seen it somewhere around here, but I just can't find it again.

P.S. Does anyone know if you can import a .txt file from the net if it is imported into a .exe file running on a computer? The computer would have a connection to the internet at the time. would I just put an absolute path into the file parameter? Like:
loadVariablesNum("http://www.whatever.com/bla/whatever.txt", 0);

Thanks

[Jubba]

what is the format of your text file?



temp = "playa...jubba...marz...h88";
newArray = temp.split ("...");
trace (newArray);


That separates the values of the text file at the "..." and makes them a value in an array. That works, but I'm sure there are other ways...

Sorry that code I added before had some extra steps...

[CyanBlue]

I'm sleepy, so maybe I am wrong...

loadVariablesNum("http://www.whatever.com/bla/whatever.txt", 0);

Isn't there a security thing involved which won't let you load the text file from other server rather than the server the Flash movie resides???

[senocular]

offline flash files (running off the harddrive) can grab info from other domains

[relish]

so, is it true that you can't import arrays from external files? please tell me more about this.

thanks.

[ahmed]

havent tried it, but try something like

myArray[0]=ahmed&myArray[1]=relish&myArray[2]=b-dawg

[relish]

well, i don't think that will work in this situation. see my recent post here:

arrays interpreted as string values

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18442&highlight=arrays+strings

[ahmed]

oh... yeah.. thats how its done :)

[relish]

hey, i figured out a solution! if you're interested, i explained it on a different thread:

http://64.207.155.38/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=147035#post147035