how to get all lines of text from a textmeshpro inputfield

so im trying to get multiple lines of text from a inputfield.

here is my code:

Code (CSharp):

1.     public GameObject multilineText;
2.  
3.     public void LoadPlayersInputField()
4.     {
5.  
6.         TMP_InputField text= multilineText.GetComponent<TMP_InputField>();
7.         Debug.Log(text.text);
8.     }

the problem is that i dont know how to get text from each line. lest say i have 3 names in the input field. how do i get all those names inside a list or array ?

 

Use String.Split looking for the newline character, or use a regex.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/how-to/parse-strings-using-split

 

Would it be bad to make 3 input fields?

 

You can use TMP_TextInfo.lineInfo to retrieve information about the lines in a text component.

Code (CSharp):

1. IEnumerable<string> EnumerateLines(TMP_Text text)
2. {
3.     // We use GetTextInfo because .textInfo is not always valid
4.     foreach (TMP_LineInfo line in text.GetTextInfo(text.text).lineInfo)
5.         yield return text.text.Substring(line.firstCharacterIndex, line.characterCount);
6. }
7.  
8. // ...
9.  
10. foreach (string line in EnumerateLines(inputField.textComponent))
11. {
12.     // ...
13. }

 

Perfect! But I have a question. I have 3 lines in my inputField. If output each line I get 4 outputs and last line is empty. But variable lineCount of TMP_TextInfo storages value of three.

 

Try this:

Code (CSharp):

1. IEnumerable<string> EnumerateLines(TMP_Text text)
2. {
3.     // We use GetTextInfo because .textInfo is not always valid
4.     TMP_TextInfo textInfo = text.GetTextInfo(text.text);
5.  
6.     for (int i = 0; i < textInfo.lineCount; i++)
7.     {
8.         TMP_LineInfo line = textInfo.lineInfo[i];
9.         yield return text.text.Substring(line.firstCharacterIndex, line.characterCount);
10.     }
11. }