(File):write

(File):write

Write data to a file.

Function

Synopsis

success, err = File:write( data, size )

Arguments

string data

The string data to write.

number size (all)

How many bytes to write.

Returns

boolean success

Whether the operation was successful.

string err

The error string if an error occurred.

Function

Synopsis

success, err = File:write( data, size )

Arguments

Data data

The Data object to write.

number size (all)

How many bytes to write.

Returns

boolean success

Whether the operation was successful.

string errorstr

The error string if an error occurred.

Notes

Writing to multiple lines: In Windows, some text editors (e.g. Notepad) only treat CRLF ("\r\n") as a new line.

--example
f = love.filesystem.newFile("note.txt")
f:open("w")
for i = 1, 10 do
    f:write("This is line "..i.."!\r\n")
end
f:close()

See Also

• File
• File:flush
• File:setBuffer