FileReader to String

Question

Consider the following code

function readSingleFile(evt) {
    //Retrieve the first (and only!) File from the FileList object
    var myFile = evt.target.file         


        

Answer 1

That's not how you get the result of a FileReader. Modify your code to this:

function readSingleFile(evt) {
        //Retrieve the first (and only!) File from the FileList object
        var myFile = evt.target.files[0];
        var reader = new FileReader();
        reader.readAsText(myFile);
        reader.onload=function(){alert(reader.result)}
    }