# How to use characters (and assign tasks to these characters) from a .txt file in Processing

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**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-characters-and-assign-tasks-to-these-characters-from-a-txt-file-in-processing/8604 "2019-02-21T20:37:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 1:15am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-use-characters-and-assign-tasks-to-these-characters-from-a-txt-file-in-processing/8604/14 "2019-02-24T01:15:37Z")

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[https://processing.org/reference/StringList.html](https://processing.org/reference/StringList.html)  
[https://processing.org/reference/StringList\_hasValue\_.html](https://processing.org/reference/StringList_hasValue_.html)  
it checks if a “record” with a specific content exists

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