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Syntax |
Input[$](numchars,[#]filenumber) InputB[$](numbytes,[#]filenumber) |
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Description |
Returns a specified number of characters or bytes read from a given sequential file. |
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Comments |
The functions return the following. |
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Return |
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Input$ and InputB$ |
String |
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Input and InputB |
String variant. |
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The following parameters are required: |
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numchars |
Integer containing the number of characters to be read from the file. |
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numbytes |
Integer containing the number of bytes to be read from the file. |
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filenumber |
Integer referencing a file opened in either Input or Binary mode. This is the same number passed to the Open statement. |
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Functions are used to read the following. |
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Used to read: |
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InputB and InputB$ |
Byte data from a file. |
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Input and Input$ |
All characters, including spaces and end-of-lines. Null characters are ignored. |
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Example |
'This example opens the autoexec.bat file and displays it in a 'dialog box. Const crlf = Chr$(13) & Chr$(10) Sub Main() x& = FileLen("c:\autoexec.bat") If x& > 0 Then Open "c:\autoexec.bat" For Input As #1 Else MsgBox "File not found or empty." Exit Sub End If If x& > 80 Then ins = Input(80,#1) Else ins = Input(x,#1) End If Close MsgBox "File length: " & x& & crlf & ins End Sub |
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See Also |
Open (statement); Get (statement); Input# (statement); Line Input# (statement). |
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