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Can anybody help me out with giving the steps needed for reading data from the text file in unity and how can the script be added.

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youtube.com/watch?v=6c1fTHkYzTQ That is to read text in c#… which will help you :) – Savlon Oct 13 '14 at 7:54
    
Is the text file an Asset (part of your Unity project) or located on the file system? – Kelly Thomas Oct 13 '14 at 9:18
    
its located on the filesystem.I have placed my file in E drive and used the following code ` import System.IO; var filename="data.txt"; function Start () { var sourse=new StreamReader(Application.dataPath+"/" + filename); var fileContents=sourse.ReadToEnd(); sourse.Close(); var lines=fileContents.Split("\n"[0]); for(line in lines) { print(line); } } ` – user1509674 Oct 13 '14 at 10:27
    
VTC as not game specific. IO is generic programming, this should be on Stack Overflow, not GameDev. – Gnemlock Sep 25 at 22:16
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C# Version.

using System.IO;

void readTextFile(string file_path)
{
   StreamReader inp_stm = new StreamReader(file_path);

   while(!inp_stm.EndOfStream)
   {
       string inp_ln = inp_stm.ReadLine( );
       // Do Something with the input. 
   }

   inp_stm.Close( );  
}

EDIT: (Fixed an error on line 9; changed "stm.ReadLine();" to "inp_stm.ReadLine();")

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There's class named TextAssets which is used for text file read. http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-TextAsset.html here you can find the supported file format.

so if u want to read read the text file, script would be like this:

class YourClassName : MonoBehaviour{
    public TextAsset textFile;     // drop your file here in inspector

    void Start(){
        string text = textFile.text;  //this is the content as string
        byte[] byteText = textFile.bytes;  //this is the content as byte array
    }
}

or you can read the text as resource like this:

TextAsset text = Resources.Load("YourFilePath") as TextAsset;
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Also worth mentioning that the TextAsset in question should probably be placed within the Assets/Resources folder. This is the most correct answer as all the other answers seem to ignore the fact that this is within Unity. They are correct ways of reading a file in C# but ignore things like cross-platform deployment and paths. – McAden Oct 26 '14 at 6:34
    
Good answer, Thanks.. – salih kallai Jul 23 at 13:46
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You can do this in the same way you would in .NET

string word = File.ReadAllText(txtFilePath);

This code snippet can be used in any location you wish then.

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This code is working fine for me to read the content in the text file

import System.IO;

var filename="data.txt";

function Start () {
    var sourse=new StreamReader(Application.dataPath+"/" + filename);
    var fileContents=sourse.ReadToEnd();
    sourse.Close();
    var lines=fileContents.Split("\n"[0]);
    for(line in lines) {
        print(line);
    }
}
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