FILETOSTR()

Purpose

Function to read a file into a text string

Syntax

FILETOSTR(<expC>)

See Also

AT(), ATNEXT(), BINFILETOSTR(), BINSTRTOFILE(), FCLOSE(), FCREATE(), FERROR(), FGETS(), FOPEN(), FPUTS(), FREAD(), FREADSTR(), FWRITE(), MEMOREAD(), MEMOWRITE(), SET STRESCAPE, STUFF(), STR(), STREXTRACT(), STRTOFILE(), STRTRAN(), STRZERO(), SUBSTR(), TRIM()

Description

The FILETOSTR() function reads the specified file and returns its contents as text.

Parameter	Description
<expC>	Name of the file to be read. This should include the path if not in the current directory.

From v7.0, the filetostr() function is also supported in Python scripting.

Example

myString = filetostr("myfile.txt")