loading a string from an external file

[mr_burns]

Hi,
i was wondering if it is possible to load text into a string from an
external text file. the reason is that i have a very large string and
it is making my script very messy.

also, is it possible to have some dynamic parts of the text from the
text file? for example, if i load in a string and there is a part of
it that inserts a value from a variable like the following:

'The number of people is ' + var_people_num;

....so the text from the external file would load but these parts would
be given the value of a variable contained in the script that calls
the external file. its not absolutely crucial that i obtain this but
it would help me seperate large chunks that complicate the script. any
ideas would be great. cheers

burnsy

[Brian Genisio]

Re: loading a string from an external file

mr_burns wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hi,
> i was wondering if it is possible to load text into a string from an
> external text file. the reason is that i have a very large string and
> it is making my script very messy.
>
> also, is it possible to have some dynamic parts of the text from the
> text file? for example, if i load in a string and there is a part of
> it that inserts a value from a variable like the following:
>
> 'The number of people is ' + var_people_num;
>
> ...so the text from the external file would load but these parts would
> be given the value of a variable contained in the script that calls
> the external file. its not absolutely crucial that i obtain this but
> it would help me seperate large chunks that complicate the script. any
> ideas would be great. cheers
>
> burnsy[/color]

Sure... this is easy.

In the main page, add the following:
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript" src=include.js> </SCRIPT>

Then, in the included file, named include.js, you can do the following:

////////////////////////////
var long_string = "This is a Test of a Long String with a %VARIABLE1%.";
/////////////////////////////

Then, later on in the main page, you can do something like this:

<SCRIPT type="text/javascript">

var var1 = "variable that can be replaced";
myData = long_string.rep lace( /%VARIABLE1%/, var1);
alert(myData);

</SCIPT>

Does this do what you need?

Brian