# Loading text files

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-files/173023
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**Created:** [December 20, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-files/173023 "2005-12-20T14:29:51Z")
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### Author: ![trundrumbalind](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/trundrumbalind/32/696_2.png) [@trundrumbalind](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/trundrumbalind)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/loading-text-files/173023/1 "2005-12-20T14:29:51Z")

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OK, I’m trying to load text in from an external file but here’s the problem…

As far as I know, the file has to start off something like this:

var1=“hello”&var2=“goodbye”&done=“done”

With all the variable names etc.

Now…I want to load in a CSV file (it should just load in as a plain text string which I can manipulate) but it won’t include all these variable names like “var1=” and everything.

Is there any way I can just load the contents of my CSV file into a variable inside Flash? Gotta get this done pretty urgently…

Thanks guys,  
Dave