(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 before Windows 10 1809) 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()

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