# Adding array of strings to text file line by line

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**Tags:** unreal-engine, saving, question\
**Created:** [July 9, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/adding-array-of-strings-to-text-file-line-by-line/287744 "2014-07-09T14:12:19Z")\
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I was wondering if this was possible as I currently read in strings line by line from a text file using

```
LoadANSITextFileToStrings(*projectDir, NULL, names);

```

which reads in an array of strings line by line and then adds them to an existing array in my project.

So is it possible to write to a text file in a similar way that unreal provides?

Thanks in advance!

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**Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/adding-array-of-strings-to-text-file-line-by-line/287744/2 "2014-07-09T22:48:47Z")

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#Adding String Data Line by Line

You have your core data as

```
FString StringData = "";

```

Then you add lines like this

```
if(StringData != "")
{
   StringData += "\n"; //newline
}

//Add new text
StringData += NextLineOfText; //can be FString or TCHAR*

```

then you write out the String to file using Epic’s function:

#SaveStringToFile

```
FFileHelper::SaveStringToFile(SaveText, * SaveDirectory);

```

#String Array

if you have an array of string you can use the ranged for each with your array and my code above

```
TArray<FString> YourData;

for(const FString& EachString : YourData)
{
  //use code above to add EachString to the total StringData.
}

```

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**Saving To Text Files**

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I have one question, what do you mean under “EachString”?