JBxFootballx92

Solved! Thanks for the help everyone!

I was able to get everything on one line using find and replace in my word editor.  Then i just put it in the same folder, used the coding from above  and its working just how i want it!

Thanks again!

Does every word need to have it's own line for this?

How could i use a text file? Do I just put all the words in one and then search to see if the words exist?
If so, what codes would i use to read it?

Look up the functions that start with file_text_, then use them to read the dictionary line-by-line. The most convenient method of lookup is, of course, storing the data inside a list and then calling ds_list_find_index(). But if you don't have access to Pro, loading it into an array then using a linear search on it also works (a binary search would be better if the words in your dictionary are alphabetically ordered).

Here I will demonstrate the shorter list lookup --- if you need the array-based method, you can try that yourself.

Setup

var f;
f = file_text_open_read("dictionary.txt");
global.dictionary = ds_list_create();
while (!file_text_eof(f)) {
  ds_list_add(global.dictionary, file_text_read_string(f));
  file_text_readln(f);
}
file_text_close(f);

Lookup

word = "abcd";
if (ds_list_find_index(global.dictionary, word) > -1) {
  //"abcd" is in the dictionary
}

GameGeisha

Thanks for the reply, sadly I don't have Pro :[
any tips on how to go about with array method?
Sorry, I have no experience using outside files, everything I've made before was done internally

Does it need to be an ini? Seems easier to use normal text files. If it's absolutely essential then you could just make a script to go through and assign each word a value so you don't have to do it manually.
dat Tosh

How could i use a text file? Do I just put all the words in one and then search to see if the words exist?
If so, what codes would i use to read it?

It's the one game from steam I play most, so I guess it is the best one...

It's also the one I always come back to between big game releases.