Use code from .txt file and use in .lsp

[C.Utzinger]

Hi

I have the attached File, an .txt file. With another code I write to this .txt file and I want to use it later as a code in another .lsp file.

Is that possible?

Regards

[dlanorh]

I'm pretty certain you can do this reading each line and evaluating it (autolisp eval function).

One question, is the intention to greet the user on their birthday? or inform everyone else that it is their birthday? as if I read it correctly it will do the latter not the former.

[C.Utzinger]

Thanks for the input.

Yes the latter.

[dlanorh · Accepted solution]

Open the file -> (setq fp (open "filename" "r"))
read from file (setq x (read-line fp))
evaluate (eval (read x))

[C.Utzinger]

OK

How can I evaluate a String? When you read a line of .txt, you got a string, and then?

[cadffm · Accepted solution]

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@dlanorh  schrieb:
Open the file -> (setq fp (open "filename" "r"))
read from file (setq x (read-line fp))
evaluate (eval (read x))

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[C.Utzinger]

OK

Works perfect

Thank you a lot

[C.Utzinger]

Sorry, we just crossed messages 😂