Difference between revisions of "love.filesystem.newFileData"

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=== Returns ===
 
=== Returns ===
 
{{param|FileData|data|Your new FileData.}}
 
{{param|FileData|data|Your new FileData.}}
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== Function ==
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{{newin|[[0.9.0]]|090|type=variant}}
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Creates a new [[FileData]] from a file on the hard drive.
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=== Synopsis ===
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<source lang="lua">
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data, err = love.filesystem.newFileData( filepath )
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</source>
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=== Arguments ===
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{{param|string|filepath|Path to the file.}}
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=== Returns ===
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{{param|FileData|data|The new FileData, or nil if an error occurred.}}
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{{param|string|err|The error string, if an error occurred.}}
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== See Also ==
 
== See Also ==
 
* [[parent::love.filesystem]]
 
* [[parent::love.filesystem]]

Revision as of 07:47, 25 October 2013

Available since LÖVE 0.7.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new FileData object.

Function

Synopsis

data = love.filesystem.newFileData( contents, name, decoder )

Arguments

string contents
The contents of the file.
string name
The name of the file.
FileDecoder decoder ("file")
The method to use when decoding the contents.

Returns

FileData data
Your new FileData.

Function

Available since LÖVE 0.9.0
This variant is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new FileData from a file on the hard drive.

Synopsis

data, err = love.filesystem.newFileData( filepath )

Arguments

string filepath
Path to the file.

Returns

FileData data
The new FileData, or nil if an error occurred.
string err
The error string, if an error occurred.

See Also

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