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I am making a simple hangman game, I have a small list of words in a .txt file separated by new lines. I put the word list into the assets folder. How can I find the path to the word list so I can use:

string[] wordlist = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines("pathToFile");

Or is there another solution of converting the word list into a string array?

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  • \$\begingroup\$ docs.unity3d.com/Manual/StreamingAssets.html. Like the answer I have little to no exp with Unity, found this link with a search engine, as you should be doing before asking \$\endgroup\$
    – realUser404
    Dec 28 '16 at 16:56
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    – Gnemlock
    Dec 28 '16 at 22:53
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Use the Streamreader to load in the text in unity or set it as a text asset and parse it directly. This forum post should help give you an idea of what to do:

https://forum.unity3d.com/threads/read-from-textasset-line-by-line.327422/

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  • \$\begingroup\$ This actually worked better for me cause the unity compiles my text file. This way I can access it even if it's encrypted. \$\endgroup\$
    – user95747
    Dec 30 '16 at 16:10
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    – DMGregory ♦
    Dec 31 '16 at 21:34
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I have little experience with Unity, but it appears as though you can use Application.dataPath to obtain the correct path.

Here it is at the API.

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