How do I read from file line by line (javascript) and save in list?

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I have a text file which contains a list of words. I would like to open it, read it line by line and save its content as a string list, so that each word becomes an elemetn of thes string list. The I need to shuffle it to randomise the order. Could someone please explain me how to do this with JavaScript? I am very lost and would be very grateful for any help.

What I've tried (see below) opens the file on the server, but I want is a function that opens, reads the file and makes a list in the code. I hope this makes sense.

What I have tried:

<head> 
    <title>Read Text File</title> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <input type="file" name="inputfile"
            id="inputfile"> 
    <br> 
   
    <pre id="output">

document.getElementById('inputfile')
.addEventListener('change', function() {

var fr=new FileReader();
fr.onload=function(){
document.getElementById('output')
.textContent=fr.result;
}

fr.readAsText(this.files[0]);
})

Posted 16-May-21 5:41am

Laily_cml

Updated 16-May-21 10:38am

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Gerry Schmitz · Answer 1 · 2021-05-16T10:38:00

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Splitting a .txt file into an array in Javascript - Stack Overflow[^]

Posted 16-May-21 10:38am

Gerry Schmitz