# Loading text file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-file/97522>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 23, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-file/97522 "2003-12-23T18:58:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![rewko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@rewko](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rewko)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-file/97522/1 "2003-12-23T18:58:40Z")

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I want to load text into text area from external .txt file.  
I know one way that reqires to begin external file with the name of a variable.  
but i dont want to do this.  
Is there any other way?