# Possible to load a array

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**Created:** [August 13, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-load-a-array/60923 "2004-08-13T20:08:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![iloveitaly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7ea924/32.png) [@iloveitaly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iloveitaly)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-load-a-array/60923/1 "2004-08-13T20:08:08Z")

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from a external data source.  
I.E. like from a .txt file?  
I tried putting this in the external text file:  
mytest = new Array(“dadada”)  
it loaded, but not as a array, just as text. I am using LoadVars.  
If anybodys knows how to do this, that would be great!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-load-a-array/60923/2 "2004-08-13T20:19:49Z")

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> [@iloveitaly](#):
>
> from a external data source.  
> I.E. like from a .txt file?  
> I tried putting this in the external text file:  
> mytest = new Array(“dadada”)  
> it loaded, but not as a array, just as text. I am using LoadVars.  
> If anybodys knows how to do this, that would be great!

just posted this for something else.  
in textfile/  
var1=movie1%2Eswf%2C220%2C120%7Cmovie2%2Eswf%2C120 %2C220%7Cmovie3%2Eswf%2C220%2C220%7Cmovie4%2Eswf%2 C330%2C260%7Cmovie5%2Eswf%2C420%2C340%7Cmovie6%2Es wf%2C170%2C120

inflash/  
lv = new LoadVars();  
lv.onLoad = function() {  
arr1 = lv.var1.split(“|”);  
for (var n = 0; n != arr1.length; n++) {  
arr1[n] = arr1[n].split(“,”);  
}  
};  
lv.load(“mytext.txt”);

output/  
Variable \_level0.arr1 = [object #6, class ‘Array’] [  
0:[object #7, class ‘Array’] [  
0:“movie1.swf”,  
1:“220”,  
2:“120”  
],  
1:[object #8, class ‘Array’] [  
0:“movie2.swf”,  
1:“120”,  
2:“220”  
],  
2:[object #9, class ‘Array’] [  
0:“movie3.swf”,  
1:“220”,  
2:“220”  
],  
3:[object #10, class ‘Array’] [  
0:“movie4.swf”,  
1:“330”,  
2:“260”  
],  
4:[object #11, class ‘Array’] [  
0:“movie5.swf”,  
1:“420”,  
2:“340”  
],  
5:[object #12, class ‘Array’] [  
0:“movie6.swf”,  
1:“170”,  
2:“120”  
]  
]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-load-a-array/60923/3 "2004-08-15T17:48:40Z")

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what if you want to save an array in that format to a text file so you can load it again later?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-load-a-array/60923/4 "2004-08-15T18:36:17Z")

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