title: How to read values from a text file and saving as the custom property[SOAP UI]
body: <p>I have two values in the text file as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>12345
  67895
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I want to save these two values as two custom properties so I can use it in my soap request. </p>
  
  <p>This is what I have so far but no luck:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def myTestCase = context.testCase
  
  // configure the path to your textfile here
  File tempFile = new File("C:\Users\cverma\Desktop\SOAPProject\testdata.txt")
  List lines = tempFile.readLines()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am getting this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>org.codehaus.groovy.control.MultipleCompilationErrorsException: startup failed: Script22.groovy: 4: unexpected char: '\' @ line 4, column 29. File tempFile = new File("C:\Users\cverma\Desktop\SOAPProject\testdata.txt") ^ org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.SyntaxException: unexpected char: '\' @ line 4, column 29. at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.transformCSTIntoAST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:135) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.parseCST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:108) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.SourceUnit.parse(SourceUnit.java:236) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$1.call(CompilationUnit.java:162) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToSourceUnits(CompilationUnit.java:912) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:574) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:550) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:527) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:279) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:258) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:613) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:625) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:652) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:643) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.compile(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:138) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:89) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.teststeps.WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.run(WsdlGroovyScriptTestStep.java:141) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.panels.teststeps.GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel$RunAction$1.run(GroovyScriptStepDesktopPanel.java:250) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: Script22.groovy:4:29: unexpected char: '\' at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.mESC(GroovyLexer.java:2180) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.mSTRING_CTOR_END(GroovyLexer.java:2226) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.mSTRING_LITERAL(GroovyLexer.java:1985) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.nextToken(GroovyLexer.java:468) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer$1.nextToken(GroovyLexer.java:258) at groovyjarjarantlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69) at groovyjarjarantlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80) at groovyjarjarantlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.nls(GroovyRecognizer.java:796) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.newExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:13525) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.primaryExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:10993) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.pathExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:11595) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.postfixExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:13332) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.unaryExpressionNotPlusMinus(GroovyRecognizer.java:13301) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.powerExpressionNotPlusMinus(GroovyRecognizer.java:13005) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.multiplicativeExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12937) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.additiveExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12607) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.shiftExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:9824) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.relationalExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12512) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.equalityExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12436) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.regexExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12384) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.andExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12352) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.exclusiveOrExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12320) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.inclusiveOrExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12288) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.logicalAndExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12256) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.logicalOrExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12224) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.conditionalExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:4850) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.assignmentExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:8027) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.expression(GroovyRecognizer.java:10001) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.expressionStatementNoCheck(GroovyRecognizer.java:8353) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.varInitializer(GroovyRecognizer.java:2682) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.variableDeclarator(GroovyRecognizer.java:7928) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.listOfVariables(GroovyRecognizer.java:7882) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.variableDefinitions(GroovyRecognizer.java:2278) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.declaration(GroovyRecognizer.java:2165) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.statement(GroovyRecognizer.java:1208) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.compilationUnit(GroovyRecognizer.java:757) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.transformCSTIntoAST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:131) ... 20 more 1 error</p>
  </blockquote>