f:lines

Returns an iterator function for reading the file line-by-line

Prototype

it = f:lines ()

Description

f = io.input ("test.txt")
for line in f:lines () do
  print (line)
end 
f:close ()  -- close that file now

 --> Entire contents of file listed

Lua functions

• f:close - Closes a file
• f:flush - Flushes outstanding data to disk
• f:read - Reads the file according to the specified formats
• f:seek - Sets and gets the current file position
• f:setvbuf - Sets the buffering mode for an output file
• f:write - Writes to a file
• io.close - Closes a file
• io.flush - Flushes outstanding data to disk for the default output file
• io.input - Opens filename for input in text mode
• io.lines - Returns an iterator function for reading a named file line-by-line
• io.open - Opens a file
• io.output - Opens a file for output
• io.popen - Creates a pipe and executes a command
• io.read - Reads from the default input file
• io.stderr - File handle for standard error file
• io.stdin - File handle for standard input file
• io.stdout - File handle for standard output file
• io.tmpfile - Returns a handle to a temporary file
• io.type - Returns type of file handle
• io.write - Writes to the default output file

Topics

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• Lua bc (big number) functions
• Lua bit manipulation functions
• Lua coroutine functions
• Lua debug functions
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• Lua os functions
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