Reading .txt file into array Javascript/jQuery

Question

I am trying to read a file (stored on the web server) into an array. When I print the array I currently get "undefined". Here is the code im using:

var cardRules = new Array;
 $.get('UserFile.txt', function(data){
 var array = data.split('\n');
 console.log(cardRules);
 });

Any help would be appreciated!

• krasu: var array is local variable for the success callback and cardRules wasn't filled in you code

Answer 1

The 'cardRules' variable never gets populated with the array data. Instead of var array = data.split('\n'); just use cardRules = data.split('\n');

Answer 2

var cardRules = new Array();
 $.get('UserFile.txt', function(data){
 cardRules = data.split('\n');
 console.log(cardRules);
 });

• spogebob92: It still is saying "undefined"
• kraYz: \n - represent new line.Why you split the array by \n ?
• spogebob92: because I want to split the array for each new line in the txt file
• kraYz: I don't think that an array has new line between each value. Can you show me your array?
• spogebob92: I'm not sure I'm explaining myself clear enough. For each new line in my UserFile.txt, I want it to be stored in the index of an array, and then the next index etc.

Answer 3

Try full url instead of just relative linking

http://yoursite.com/yourfilelocation/yourfile.txt

$.get('http://yoursite.com/yourfilelocation/yourfile.txt', function(data){ var cardRules = data.split('\n'); console.log(cardRules); });