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jonjon
jonjon

Reputation: 121

retrieve data from file, put in an array

I've been trying to figure out the best method for retrieving data from a file and putting it in an array. The final goal is to create a dictionary for a game so that I can validate words that were submitted by a user.

Although I'm still new programming, I've done some research and it seems that .get function may allow that. Before I embark on building all of that code, I wanted to check to see if my starting logic was correct.

If I have a file called wordcheck.txt and it has thousands of words. Can I retrieve the data by 

$.get(workcheck.txt, functions(words) {
var wordArray = words.split( "\n");
}

I haven't figured out where to go to from here yet, but I wanted to make sure I was understanding the beginning correctly.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 75

Answers (1)

Andy
Andy

Reputation: 63524

1) Add quotes around the file you're trying to load.

2) You might want to define wordArray before you do the $.get otherwise the data won't be available outside of that anonymous function.

3) It's function not functions.

4) You missed a closing ).

var wordArray;
$.get('workcheck.txt', function (words) {
  wordArray = words.split('\n');
});

Upvotes: 1

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