After you have created and saved data to your file you can use these commands to retrieve data from the file after you open or re-open it

FileReadReset( filename ) #start your read at the beginning of the file

$contents=FileReadAll( filename ) #read whatever is saved in the entire file

$contents=FileReadLine( filename ) #each call to this reads the next line in succession until the end of the file is reached
 

So something like this?

#this assumes you have already created and saved your data to a file

#open the file to read

FileReadReset("myfile.txt")  #full file path is needed
sleep(1000) 
$contents=FileReadAll("myfile.txt")  #read entire file info into $contents

If($contents != $currentValue)
#then do something
endif

FileReadClose("myfile.txt" ) #close the file when done with it
sleep(1000)
FileDelete("myfile.txt") # delete it if you have no more need for it

So, lets say you stored a value in a test file, to read it you can use

$line = FileReadLine(C:\Users\weyou_000\Documents\EZ-Builder\test.txt)

@RichardR , Thank You, is there a way to read each line in the file and then compare? Variable Watcher has a bunch of numbers all into one string value.

Yes, you can do it like this for simplicity...

$contents1=FileReadLine("myfile.txt") #read line 1
$contents2=FileReadLine("myfile.txt") #read line 2
$contents3=FileReadLine("myfile.txt") #read line 3
$contents4=FileReadLine("myfile.txt") #read line 4
#etc

So $contents1 through $contents4 variables store the data of the first 4 lines of data that was in the file respectively...

I then would need to read the file, see how many lines, then create the $contents string variable according to how many lines I have... am I thinking right on this? Or is there a better way?

Maybe I need to read from the file and then make an array then compare all the array entries to the servo value?

If you're the one writing to the file, u shouldn't need to check how many lines are there because u will already know. You're the creator

I assume you want to write servo positions to be saved and resumed at a later date?

@DJ Silly Me.. Yes, you are correct!

:)