readTxt function

Future<String> readTxt(
  1. String fileName, {
  2. Encoding encoding = utf8,
})

Read a TXT file and return a String with file content fileName : file name or path of the file baseDir : optional, base directory to the file, if not informed, get current script path. encoding : optional, the encoding of the file, default is utf8 Examples

var data = await readTxt('stock_data.txt');

Implementation

Future<String> readTxt(String fileName, {Encoding encoding = utf8}) async {
  return await File(retrieveFilePath(fileName))
      .readAsString(encoding: encoding);
}