object:write()

Type Function

Object File

Library io.*

Return value none

Revision Release 2024.3703

Keywords write, files

See also io.open()

Reading and Writing Files

Overview

Writes the value of each of its arguments to the file. The arguments must be Strings or Numbers. To write other values, use tostring() or string.format() before calling File:write().

Gotchas

For security reasons, you are not allowed to write files in the system.ResourceDirectory (the directory where the application is stored). You must specify either system.DocumentsDirectory, system.TemporaryDirectory, or system.CachesDirectory in the system.pathForFile() function when opening the file for writing.

Syntax

File:write( arg1 [, arg2] [, ...] )

arg1, arg2, ... _^(required)

String. One or more strings to be written to the file represented by the File object.

Example

-- Data (string) to write
local saveData = "My app state data"

-- Path for the file to write
local path = system.pathForFile( "myfile.txt", system.DocumentsDirectory )

-- Open the file handle
local file, errorString = io.open( path, "w" )

if not file then
    -- Error occurred; output the cause
    print( "File error: " .. errorString )
else
    -- Write data to file
    file:write( saveData )
    -- Close the file handle
    io.close( file )
end

file = nil