Reading local text file into a JavaScript array [duplicate]
Using Node.js sync mode: var fs = require(“fs”); var text = fs.readFileSync(“./mytext.txt”); var textByLine = text.split(“\n”) async mode: var fs = require(“fs”); fs.readFile(“./mytext.txt”, function(text){ var textByLine = text.split(“\n”) }); UPDATE As of at least Node 6, readFileSync returns a Buffer, so it must first be converted to a string in order for split to work: … Read more