# Creating an Array from a text file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-array-from-a-text-file/235728>\
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**Created:** [August 14, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-array-from-a-text-file/235728 "2007-08-14T10:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![DarkGloveLove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@DarkGloveLove](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DarkGloveLove)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2007, 10:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/creating-an-array-from-a-text-file/235728/1 "2007-08-14T10:12:01Z")

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Please can someone tell me where I’m going wrong here?

I’m close I’m sure of it but it’s telling me that it cannot convert the file to an Array…

//MAKE AN ARRAY FROM TEXT FILE…  
//var trackNames:Array = ["", “They.mp3”, “Lullabye.mp3”, “Out of the Dark.mp3”, “Sunshine Master.mp3”, “Defender.mp3”];

var trackNames:Array  
var mp3Array:TextField = new TextField();  
var mp3ArrayRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(“mp3Array.txt”);  
var mp3ArrayLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();

mp3ArrayLoader.load(mp3ArrayRequest);  
mp3ArrayLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, mp3ArrayReady);

function mp3ArrayReady(event:Event):void  
{  
trackNames = event.target.data;  
}

Thanks for your help,

DGL