JavaScript - Javascript And Text File

I have a Java Script that displays a Daily Affirmation on a webpage from an array of 365 Affirmations within the same html webpage file. This makes the html file size way too large. So I would like for the java script to read the array from an external text file on the same website server.

Please provide me the Code to insert within my script which will read the array from an external text file - and also the format that the array of 365 lines must be typed into the external text file.

I am not a Javascript Programmer - and know nothing about Javascript, so please write your reply at my (lack of) knowledge Level. Thank you in advance!

Here is the code I am using.

<script language=javascript>
<!--

Date.prototype.getDOY = function()
{var onejan = new Date(this.getFullYear(),0,1);
return Math.ceil((this - onejan) / 86400000);}


var today = new Date();
var DOY = today.getDOY();

var HL=new Array()

//Configure the following array to hold the 365 HLs for each day of the year

HL[1]='HL 1 goes here'
HL[2]='HL 2 goes here'
HL[3]='HL 3 goes here'

// Jump to Day 224 of the year for this example only

HL[224]='I am surrounding myself with positive and supportive people. When I nurture relationships that give me energy and enjoyment, I mirror my beliefs that I deserve such gifts.'
HL[225]='Today I affirm my own worth and value, and discover that the world agrees with me.'
HL[226]='I am sowing seeds based on a healthy belief in my own self-worth. My life is flourishing with growing love, contentment, and exciting possibilities.'
HL[227]='HL 227 goes here'
HL[228]='HL 228 goes here'

// Jump to last HL for Day 365 of year - for this example only

HL[365]='HL 365 goes here'

document.write(HL[DOY])

//-->
</script>

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I have a JavaScript config file called gameSetting.js which contains a bunch of variables which configures a particular game.

I also have a shared JavaScript library which uses the variables in gameSetting.js, which I include like so:

<script type="text/javascript" src="gameSetting.js" ></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="gameLibrary.js" ></script>

In gameSetting.js I have:

$(document).ready(function()
{
// call some functions / classes in gameLibrary.js
}

in Firefox, Safari, and Chrome, this works fine. However, in IE, when it's parsing gameSetting.js, it complains that the functions that live in gameLibrary.js aren't defined. When it gets to parsing gameLibrary.js, the variables in gameSetting.js are reported as not being defined.

I've tried dynamically bootstrapping the gameLibrary file using this function in document.ready for dynamic load...

$.getScript("gameLibrary.js");

However, the same problem still happens in IE, where when it parses the files individually it's not taking into context the file/variables that came before, so it's not an out of load order problem.

My options a

1) collapsing all the functions in gameLibrary.js and variables in gameSetting.js into one file. However, this is not practical because this is dealing with literally hundreds of games, and having a gameLibrary.js in ONE location for ONE update is what makes most logical sense.

2) figure out a way to get this to work where variables in file1 are accessible to file2 in IE (as it seems they are in other browsers).

jQuery seems to be able to have multiple plugins that all refer to the based jQuery-1.3.2.js, so I know there is a way to get this to work.

Help appreciated.

Nero

As of right now I have a code that will work in IE but wont work in FireFox...go figure. Basically what I want to have happen is when you type in an area code it will provide an output in a predetermined area of the page.

For Example:

Input- 512

Output - Austin, TX

The code that I have doesn't work with firefox and I was just wondering if there was a code that would allow that to happen. Thanks!

I can get this code to take two separate sections of a file which are not beside each other and write them into another file. It always comes up as a single full line of the code instead of the sections I want. The code includes the student number first name last name and three results of assignments. I want the code to write the student number and three results of all the students into a file and then work out the average of the student results. Can you help?

Code:

 try{                    
               while (in.hasNextLine())
               {
                  String line = in.nextLine();
                  out.println( line);
                  int i=0;
                  if(!Character.isDigit(line.charAt(i)))  { i++; }
                  studentStringNumber = line.substring(0, i);
                  String stringResult = line.substring(i);
                              	
                  studentStringNumber = studentStringNumber.trim();
                  stringResults = stringResults.trim();
                  double stringResultsValue = Double.parseDouble(stringResults.trim());
                  stringResults = in.nextLine();
                              	
                                 
                  studentStringNumber = in.nextLine();
                  studentNumber = Integer.parseInt(studentStringNumber);
                  if(in.hasNextInt())
                  {
                     int value = in.nextInt();
                  }
               						 					   
                  results = Double.parseDouble(stringResults); 
                  if(in.hasNextDouble())
                  {
                     double value = in.nextDouble();
                  } 
               						               	
                            	
                  Scanner lineScanner = new Scanner(line);
                  studentStringNumber = lineScanner.next();
                  while(!lineScanner.hasNextDouble())
                  {
                     studentStringNumber = studentStringNumber+ " " +lineScanner.next();
                  }
                  stringResultsValue = lineScanner.nextDouble();     
               }
            }

Hi i am using javascript for the first time and i have a problem .I have 2 files html and javascript file in seperate but i donot know how to make them work .the code is down below .Thanks in advance for help.


HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<meta name="description" content="Instagram API - usage" />
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<input id="lat_input" type="number" value="60.221374"/>
<input id="lng_input" type="number" value="24.805391"/>
<button id="search_location">Search</button><br/>
<button id="get_popular">Get popular</button>
<div id="images"></div>
</body>
</html>



Javascript file


// API DOCUMENTATION:
// Instagram Developer Documentation

var clientId = 'e7538f47e197479d8d32a63ae3ae4cd2';

$('#search_location').click(function () {
getMediaByLocation($('#lat_input').val(), $('#lng_input').val());
});

$('#get_popular').click(function () {
getPopularImages();
});

function getMediaByLocation(lat, lng) {
var o = {
lat: lat,
lng: lng,
client_id: clientId
};

$.getJSON('https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/search?callback=?', o, function (response) {
processImages(response.data);
});
}

function getPopularImages() {
var o = {
client_id: clientId
};

$.getJSON('https://api.instagram.com/v1/media/popular?callback=?', o, function (response) {
processImages(response.data);
});
}


function processImages(array) {
$('#images').empty();
$.each(array, function (index, element) {
var fs = $('<fieldset>').appendTo('#images');

$('<img>').attr('src', element.images.low_resolution.url).appendTo(fs);

if (element.caption) {
$('<pre>').text(element.caption.text).appendTo(fs);
}

$.each(element.comments.data, function (index, comment) {
$('<pre>').text('Comment from ' + comment.from.full_name + ': ' + comment.text).appendTo(fs);
});

});
}

Does anyone know how to accomplish this? I got the html file to show but none of the text in the file will show.

I would like to ask is it posible to add text from a text file to a text area on a page..

Philp if you read this i am not asking for a javascript code i am asking wether or not it can be done.

P.s if your a nice person like philp is not and you want to private message me if you have one

I'm having major pains trying to figure this out. I'm kind of new to Javascript, I need to open a text file from an external server, store each line in an array, then search that array for a certain word (HIGH), and if it exists then write something to the webpage, and if not, write something else. Here is what I have so far:

Code:

<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<script>
<!--
function test(x) {
  if (wxd1txt.readyState === 4 && wxd1txt.status === 200) {  // Makes sure the document is ready to parse and Makes sure it's found the file.
	 var wxd1text = wxd1txt.responseText; 
     var wxd1array = wxd1txt.responseText.split("\n"); // Will separate each line into an array
	 var wxd1high = wxd1array.toString();  //Converting the String content to String
	//var highsearchreg = new RegExp("HIGH");
//var wxd1high = wxd1array[x].search(highsearchreg);
document.write(wxd1high);
	if (wxd1high.search("HIGH") >= 0){
		document.write("HIGH RISK");}
		else {
		document.write("NO RISK");}
		}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
Hi!
<script>
<!--
var Today = new Date();
var ThisDay = Today.getDate();
var ThisMonth = Today.getMonth()+1;
var ThisYear = Today.getYear();
var Hour = Today.getHours();
var Day2 = Today.getDate()+1;
var Day3 = Today.getDate()+2;
if (navigator.appName != "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
ThisYear = ThisYear + 1900;}
if (ThisMonth < 10) {
	ThisMonth = "0" + ThisMonth;}
if (ThisDay < 10) {
	ThisDay = "0" + ThisDay;}
if (Hour == 2 || Hour == 22 || Hour == 23 || Hour == 0 || Hour == 1) {
	var wxHourd1 = 0600}
	else if (Hour >= 3 && Hour <= 10) {
		var wxHourd1 = 1300;}
			else if (Hour >= 11 && Hour <= 13) {
				var wxHourd1 = 1630;}
					else if (Hour >= 14 && Hour <= 16) {
						var wxHourd1 = 2000;}
							else if (Hour >= 17 && Hour <= 21) {
								var wxHourd1 = 0100;}		
//var wxurld1 = "http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/"+ThisYear+"/KWNSPTSDY1_"+ThisYear+""+ThisMonth+""+ThisDay+""+wxHourd1+".txt";
var wxurld1 = "http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/archive/2010/KWNSPTSDY1_201005101300.txt" //(High risk day for testing)
//document.write(wxurld1); //Use this to verify this section is working
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  wxd1txt=new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
else // IE 5/6
  {
  wxd1txt=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
wxd1txt.open("GET", wxurld1, true);
wxd1txt.onreadystatechange = test();

// -->
</script>
</body>
</html>

When added to a webpage, nothing shows up except the "Hi!" and there are no errors in the Javascript Console in Google Chrome. Is this possible with Javascript, and if so, what am I doing wrong or not doing?

Also, I have 2 URLs, one is a text file that has the HIGH text I want for an example, the other is the current file, which shouldn't have HIGH in it (unless the weather in the US turns really bad)

Hi,

I have the following code snippet:
test.html
======
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var testVariable = "test";
</script>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="test.js">
</script>

test.js
=====
var testVariable = window.top.testVariable;

In firefox, I'm able to access testvariable defined within test.html in test.js.

But in chrome, test.js couldnot get the window.top.testVariable field defined in test.html.

Can any one please let me know how i can make it work in chrome?. Am i missing something here?.

hi, i have looked all over the internet but i can't find anything that works.
All i want to do is simply read from a text file.

Thanks

I'm pretty much lost at javascript, and unfortunately can use php to accomplish this, so here goes........

I have existing html page that includes a Week #. ie, 1, 2, 3, 5.... and so on.

I'd like to be able to have a text, csv, or similar file that I can update on frequent basis that will list a Week # and than custom field of some type. (likely a date or unix time stamp).

Is there a way to open a text file (or csv, etc) in javascript. Than be able to compare and get the correct data?

Off the top of my head, I think its possible, and would involve something like the following?

1. Create a csv file like below

1, this is custom, my other custom
2, some more, and this too
3, and somthing, see spot run

2. Next would be have a javascript open and read the file. You would assign a variable name to each 1st, 2nd and 3rd item of each line.

Than the script would loop through each line until it found a a match of Variable 1 to the Week your looking for. You could then parse out and use the other variables from that line.

Any of that make sense?

I hope to try and experiment some later today or tonight if I can, but javascript is still pretty foreign to me.

Is there any possibility to write a text file using Chrome/FF? On the other words, writing a text file w/o using ActiveX. Thank you.

Dear frnd I wanna read on html page , and i have script :

"
[I]<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
function Read()
{

var Scr = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var CTF = Scr .OpenTextFile("C:\\123.txt", 1, true);
data = CTF .ReadAll();
document.write("<pre>" + data + "</pre>");
CTF .Close();
}

</script>

</head>

<body onLoad="Read()" >
</body>
</html>
[I]
"

But as its using activex control not allowing in all browser .

Have you any other way with pure js to read the file contains ? or allowing activex in all browser ?

Is allowing a button a create a text file a security issue? If so, how do I collect the names of users who have clicked a certain button?

Hey guys,

I'm writing a script and I've encountered a problem..
I have a txt file with many words, each word in a different line.
For example: the file words.txt contains:
word1
word2
word3
word4
word5

I need to load the content of the file into a variable in my script.
I prefer that all the words will be in the same variable with line breaks, but if you'll figure out a way to put it in an array, it's ok too.
I really don't know how to do it, and I tried to google but didn't understand.. By the way, I don't want to change the txt file to js file, I need it to remain txt..

Can anybody help me with that?
Thanks Alot,
Ran