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You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsbasicshared03020203xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Line Input # Statement [Runtime]</title> <filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03020203.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> <lastedited date="2007-03-20T10:03:53">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> </history> </meta> <body> <section id="lineinput"> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153361"><bookmark_value>Line Input statement</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153361" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020203.xhp" name="Line Input # Statement [Runtime]">Line Input # Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Reads strings from a sequential file into a variable.</paragraph> </section> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph> <bascode> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Line Input #FileNumber As Integer, Var As String </paragraph> </bascode> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145173" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="6"> <emph>FileNumber: </emph>Number of the file that contains the data that you want to read. The file must have been opened in advance with the Open statement using the key word INPUT.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7"> <emph>var:</emph> The name of the variable that stores the result.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150010" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">With the <emph>Line Input#</emph> statement, you can read strings from an open file into a variable. String variables are read line-by-line up to the first carriage return (Asc=13) or linefeed (Asc=10). Line end marks are not included in the resulting string.</paragraph> <paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3163711" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph> <bascode> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sLine As String</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim aFile As String</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sMsg As String</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Open aFile For Output As #iNumber</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18"> Print #iNumber, "This is a line of text"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19"> Print #iNumber, "This is another line of text"</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Close #iNumber</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Open aFile For Input As iNumber</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> While Not EOF(iNumber)</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Line Input #iNumber, sLine</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> If sLine <>"" Then</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> End If</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Wend</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> Close #iNumber</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US"> MsgBox sMsg</paragraph> <paragraph role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph> </bascode> </body> </helpdocument>