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Import and export data in and out of the pipeline.

⇄vTextFromClipboardGrabs the current clipboard text The "Sort List" checkbox works on a line-by-line basis to alphabetically sort the results generated by the node. The "Remove Quotes" checkbox is used to strip out any quote symbols found in the clipboard text. This is useful if you are trying to make an IFL like list and the source text was added to the clipboard buffer using the Windows "File Explorer" right-click based "Copy as path" contextual menu item. This node works on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
⇄vTextFromCompReads text strings from a Fusion .comp file This node tunnels inside of an external Fusion .comp file on disk and extracts string elements. These text strings are typically filepaths. The "File" text field specifies which .comp file should be parsed. The "Match" text field helps sort the content returned to filter the results. The "File Exists" checkbox lets you further filter the results by looking on disk to see if the text string lines up with an actual file that exists. The "Expand PathMaps" checkbox will automatically convert any relative filepaths into absolute filepaths on the output. The "Sort List" checkbox works on a line-by-line basis to alphabetically sort the results generated by the node. The "Remove Duplicates" checkbox is used to remove any line entry that is a duplicate entry, meaning the content is not unique.
⇄vTextFromFileReads a Text string from a file This node is used to access a block of text from a plain-text format style of document stored on disk. This is useful for accessing CSV (Comma Separated Value), TSV (Tab Separated Value), IFL (Image File Lists), or other external data resources. The "Input" text field is used to specify the disk-based filename of the plain-text document to be read. The "Remove Non-Printable Characters" checkbox is used to remove ASCII invisible control characters from the text stream. This allows the node to be used to extract ASCII strings from binary files. The output from this node is a text data type.
⇄vTextFromNetReads a Text string from a network URL The "Input" text-field is used to supply the http//, or file:// based URL. The network-based text resource downloading functionality provided by this node makes it possible to drive a composite from an external cloud based datasource like a CSV (Comma Separated Value), TSV (Tab Separated Value), SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics), Fusion Macro .setting, Fusion .comp, etc. This means IoT (Internet of Things) electronic sensors, sports statistics, financial data, or any other web enabled datasource can be used on-the-fly to supply Text, Number, Matrix, Array, or other values to nodes in the comp.