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Posted: 30th Nov 2019 19:44

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Hi, i have a question: why doesn't this code write to a file?

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file = io.open("textfile.txt", "w")
io.output(file)
io.write("Some text...")
io.close(file)

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Posted: 30th Nov 2019 22:54

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This does and it looks very similar:

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local function saveRaw( em )
	local file = io.open( "scriptbank\\" .. em.name .. ".raw", "w+" )
	io.output( file )
	if file ~= nil then
		for k, v in pairs( em.values ) do
			io.write( k, "\n" )
			io.write( v, "\n" )
		end
		
		io.close( file )
	end
end

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Posted: 1st Dec 2019 12:22

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Quote: "Hi, i have a question: why doesn't this code write to a file?"

1- Do you means you are getting a blank file?
2- You are not getting the file?
If so, look for "textfile.txt" file, in the "files" folder.

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Posted: 1st Dec 2019 13:55

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ok i solved it. in practice I could not generate the text file because it saved me by default on Gameguru / Files. thanks a lot to everyone for the help

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Posted: 4th Dec 2019 17:53

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This is certainly the kind of thing I want to start trying out next for my game projects. So I can make use of the level clearing and reference an external file for all the needed variables going forwrad to next levels.

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Quote: "So I can make use of the level clearing and reference an external file for all the needed variables going forwrad to next levels."

https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/221038

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