Stream I/O

MAXScript contains a number of character stream classes that are used primarily by the compiler and by the text I/O subsystem. These are all Value subclasses and so are first-class MAXScript values. If you want to call the compiler directly or pass or take stream values from scripts, you should use these classes.

The text file I/O classes and functions in MAXScript create and work on FileStream instances.

FileStream

FileStream::FileStream ();

FileStream* open(char* file_name, char* mode);

char      get_char();

void      unget_char(char c);

char      peek_char();

int      at_eos();

void      rewind();

void      flush_to_eol();

char      putch(char c);

char*      puts(char* str);

int      printf(const char *format, ...);

void      flush();

void      close();

You can construct and pass StringStreams to the compiler if you want to compile pieces of source text.

StringStream

StringStream(char* init_string);

StringStream(Value* init_string_value);

StringStream(int ilen);

void      init(char* init_string);

char*      puts(char* str);

char      putch(char c);

int      printf(const char *format, ...);