Syntax

EOF(filenumber)

Description

Returns True if the end-of-file has been reached for the given file; returns False otherwise.

Comments

The filenumber parameter is an Integer used by the Basic Control Engine to refer to the open file—the number passed to the Open statement.

With sequential files, EOF returns True when the end of the file has been reached (i.e., the next file read command will result in a runtime error).

With Random or Binary files, EOF returns True after an attempt has been made to read beyond the end of the file. Thus, EOF will only return True when Get was unable to read the entire record.

Example

This example opens the autoexec.bat file and reads lines from the file until the end-of-file is reached.

Const crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)

Sub Main()
  file$ = "c:\autoexec.bat"
  Open file$ For Input As #1
  Do While Not EOF(1)
    Line Input #1,newline
  Loop
  Close
  MsgBox "The last line of '" & file$ "' is:" & crlf & crlf & newline
End Sub

See Also

Open (statement); LOF (function).

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