How to import lines from external text file?

[NikkX_senpai]

Hello,

I have been struggling with external text files for pretty long time now. I have lots of text and that is why I think I should take it from external file for easier editing and of course cleaner code.

For example:

week.txt

Monday is a nice day.

Tuesday is too.

Wednesday is also.

Thursday is not.

Friday is maybe.

Saturday is maybe not.

Sunday is definitely.

I should have a code that will somehow take these lines apart from each other and show them one by one (first the first line, second the second, third time the third line...) whenever I call for a function. I know I can probably use \n to determinate where line ends but I am not sure how to do it. Handling text is not something I do that often.

I am also not sure if this is a good way of handling this situation but I would still like to know how to do this.

I am not asking for straight code (although I of course would also appreciate it) but some tips that will help me get closer to how to do this.

[dmennenoh · Accepted solution]

The simplest method is to use URLLoader. Something like this should get you started:

var l:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

l.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loaded);

l.load(new URLRequest("week.txt"));

function loaded(e:Event):void

{

  var a:Array = String(l.data).split("\n");

  trace(a.length);

  trace(a[0]);

}