Best Method To Load An English Dictionary From 26 Letter Files?

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Godot Version

v4.5.1.stable.official [f62fdbde1] Linux

Question

Hi,

Can someone explain the best method to load an English dictionary from 26 letter files?
We want to port our old game “LettersFall” which was made with a bad engine to Godot v4.5.1.

Just the loading of each letter file into I guess a single 2-Dimensional array.
Let us know, thanks!

Game will be for Web and Linux(Flatpak on Flathub)

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Post the file structure.

Why into 2 dimensional array?

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Hi,

File structure is just a standard txt file for each of the 26 letters in alphabetical order.
Each line of the txt files contains one word.

Dictionary 2-D array would be arranged like: [0-25][Words]

Also the dictionary from the original game should be updated.
Can you recommend a free English dictionary to us?

Thanks!

NOTE: purpose of having 26 letter files is to optimize the constant dictionary checking when playing.

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Open the file and use FileAccess::get_line() until you reach the end of the file. Push lines into an array as you read the from the file.
Repeat for every file and you’re done.

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Hi,

Thanks, but how to detect end of the letter file?

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FileAccess::eof_reached()

Look at the reference for FileAccess class to see what you can do with it and how. It supports a wide range of common file i/o functions.

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OK, thank you for your help!

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