Scripting/Squirrel/Functions/ReadIniString

This function reads a string saved to an .ini file.

Syntax

string ReadIniString( string filename, string section, string var )

Arguments

• filename This is the name of the file
• section The section that contains the value you want to read
• var The name of the variable

Example

This example will check whether the player connects from the same IP than earlier and auto-logs them in.

function onPlayerJoin( player ) {

    if ( ReadIniString( "IPs.ini", "IP", player.Name ) == player.IP )
    {
         /* some nice autologin stuff here */
         MessagePlayer( "You have auto-logged in successfully!", player );
    }

}

Notes

The functions player.IP, player.Name, MessagePlayer and call OnPlayerJoin were also used in in this example. More info about them in corresponding pages.

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• ClearIni
• CountIniSection
• DeleteIniSection
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• WriteIniInteger
• WriteIniNumber
• WriteIniString