POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : #read-question : Re: #read-question Server Time
3 Aug 2024 20:14:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: #read-question  
From: Mike Williams
Date: 2 Nov 2003 08:18:01
Message: <jOAgvFAlOQp$EwIM@econym.demon.co.uk>
Wasn't it Hartmut Wagener who wrote:
>It is possible to read values by the #read-statement.
>It is no problem when the used file has only one line.
>But for typing it is much easier if the file has more lines.
>But this causes an error. Any hints how to read a multi-line
>file?
>
>Example : <0,0,0>,<2,3,5>,<5,7,8> reads correct
>but
><0,0,0),
><2,3,5>,
><5,7,8>
>causes an error.
>

It's not the line breaks that are causing your problem, it's the fact
that there's a slight typo in line 1.

It should be <0,0,0>, not <0,0,0),.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure


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