I am attempting to convert a text file (on my machine) into a string. What is the best/simplest way to do this? I am looking for a basic function that would look like this:
function fileToString(filepath) {
//this returns a string with the contents of the file
}
How should I do this?
EDIT: I now know that there is another question that asks this, but I didn't understand that question so I asked it in different words.
You need node.js for that and this code:
const fs = require('fs')
const fileContents = fs.readFileSync('./myFile').toString()
You need to use Node.js for that. The code would be:
const fs = require('fs');
const fileName = "myFile.txt";
const fileData = fs.readFileSync(fileName, "utf8");
readFile does not return file contents. On the other hand readFileSync does (but not a string but a buffer).
string or utf-8?You cannot do this in Javascript (browser based), as it does not have access to the file system. You have to use NodeJs for the same.
var fs = require('fs');
fs.readFile('DATA', 'utf8', function(err, contents) {
console.log(contents);
});
This willl print the contents of the file. Store the contents in a variable. JS has a .toString() function which can do what you want.
