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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Write Statement</title>
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<bookmark_value>Write statement</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3147229"><variable id="Write_h1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020205.xhp" name="Write# Statement">Write# Statement</link></variable></h1>
<paragraph id="par_id3154685" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Writes data to a sequential text file with delimiting characters.</paragraph>
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<tip id="par_id461596463969009">Use <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03010103.xhp">Print#</link> statement to print data to a sequential text file. Use <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020201.xhp">Put#</link> statement to write data to a binary or a random file.</tip>
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<image src="media/helpimg/sbasic/Write_statement.svg" id="img_id4156296484514"><alt xml-lang="en-US" id="alt_id15152796484514">Write Statement diagram</alt></image>
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<paragraph id="par_id3145785" role="bascode" localize="false">Write [#fileNum] {,|;} expression [, …]</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153728" role="paragraph"> <emph>fileNum</emph>: Any numeric expression that contains the file number that was set by the Open statement for the respective file.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3146120" role="paragraph"> <emph>expression</emph> list: Variables or expressions that you want to enter in a file, separated by commas.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150010" role="paragraph">If the expression list is omitted, the <emph>Write</emph> statement appends an empty line to the file.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3163713" role="paragraph">To add an expression list to a new or an existing file, the file must be opened in the <emph>Output</emph> or <emph>Append</emph> mode.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3147428" role="paragraph">Strings that you write are enclosed by quotation marks and separated by commas. You do not need to enter these delimiters in the expression list.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id1002838" role="paragraph">Each <emph>Write</emph> statement outputs a line end symbol as last entry.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id6618854" role="paragraph">Numbers with decimal delimiters are converted according to the locale settings.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340911536" role="bascode" localize="false">Sub ExampleWrite</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340910304" role="bascode" localize="false"> Dim iCount As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340909072" role="bascode" localize="false"> Dim sValue As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340907840" role="bascode" localize="false"> iCount = Freefile</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340906608" role="bascode" localize="false"> Open "C:\Users\ThisUser\data.txt" For Output As iCount</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340905344" role="bascode" localize="false"> sValue = "Hamburg"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340904112" role="bascode" localize="false"> Write #iCount,sValue,200</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340902864" role="bascode" localize="false"> sValue = "New York"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340901632" role="bascode" localize="false"> Write #iCount,sValue,300</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340900384" role="bascode" localize="false"> sValue = "Miami"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340899152" role="bascode" localize="false"> Write #iCount,sValue,450</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340897904" role="bascode" localize="false"> Close #iCount</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340896672" role="bascode" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340912556" role="bascode" localize="false">Sub ExampleWrite</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340919854" role="bascode" localize="false"> Dim iCount As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340912572" role="bascode" localize="false"> Dim sValue As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340907125" role="bascode" localize="false"> iCount = Freefile</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340906804" role="bascode" localize="false"> Open "~/data.txt" For Output As iCount</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340905662" role="bascode" localize="false"> sValue = "Hamburg"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340904147" role="bascode" localize="false"> Write #iCount,sValue,200</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340902258" role="bascode" localize="false"> sValue = "New York"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340901147" role="bascode" localize="false"> Write #iCount,sValue,300</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340900203" role="bascode" localize="false"> sValue = "Miami"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340899330" role="bascode" localize="false"> Write #iCount,sValue,450</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340897887" role="bascode" localize="false"> Close #iCount</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340896654" role="bascode" localize="false">End Sub</paragraph>
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<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/03020101.xhp#Close_h1"/>
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