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stringWithContentsOfFile:encoding:error:

Returns a string created by reading data from the file at a given path interpreted using a given encoding.

Declaration

+ (instancetype) stringWithContentsOfFile:(NSString *) path encoding:(NSStringEncoding) enc error:(NSError **) error;

Parameters

  • path:

    A path to a file.

  • enc:

    The encoding of the file at path. For possible values, see Nsstringencoding.

  • error:

    If an error occurs, upon returns contains an NSError object that describes the problem. If you are not interested in possible errors, pass in NULL.

Return Value

A string created by reading data from the file named by path using the encoding, enc. If the file can’t be opened or there is an encoding error, returns nil.

See Also

Creating and Initializing a String from a File