Import lists elements from a file (lines)

[saif-ellafi]

Hello, thanks for building this!

I wanted to propose a way of "adding" a list by parsing rows in a file. Something like ;;list addfile npcs my_lists/my_file_with_100_npcs

This would be great for importing some of my d100 tables quickly into it (unless there's another way), from for example a PDF.

Best regards!

[jon-heard]

This was almost already implemented. I just needed to add the shortcut lists fromfile lines {list name: name text} {file: path text}, which is now added to the library. Here's an example of how you could use it.

;;lists fromfile lines allNames tables/names/humanNames::
;;lists fromfile lines allNames tables/names/elfNames::
;;lists fromfile lines allNames tables/names/dwarfNames::
;;lists pick allNames::

In this example, "allNames" is the name of the master list we are populating. humanNames, elfNames and dwarfNames are text files with actual names in them (one name per line). The first 3 lines pull the file items into the "allNames" list, while the final line picks a random name from the "allNames" list.

Let me know if you have any questions.