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<paragraph id="hd_id3147229" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020205.xhp" name="Write Statement">Write Statement</link></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154685" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Writes data to a sequential file.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150449" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Syntax:</paragraph>
<bascode>
<paragraph id="par_id3145785" role="bascode" xml-lang="en-US">Write [#FileName], [Expressionlist]<comment>see i61248</comment></paragraph>
</bascode>

<paragraph id="hd_id3151116" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153728" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>FileName:</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" xml-lang="en-US"> <emph>Expressionlist:</emph> Variables or expressions that you want to enter in a file, separated by commas.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150010" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">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" xml-lang="en-US">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" xml-lang="en-US">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" xml-lang="en-US">Each <emph>Write</emph> statement outputs a line end symbol as last entry.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id6618854" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Numbers with decimal delimiters are converted according to the locale settings.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3151073" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Example:</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idm1340911536" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Sub ExampleWrite</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340910304" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim iCount As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340909072" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">Dim sValue As String</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340907840" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    iCount = Freefile</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340906608" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Open "C:\data.txt" For Output As iCount</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340905344" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sValue = "Hamburg"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340904112" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Write #iCount,sValue,200</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340902864" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sValue = "New York"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340901632" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Write #iCount,sValue,300</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340900384" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    sValue = "Miami"</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340899152" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Write #iCount,sValue,450</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340897904" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">    Close #iCount</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idm1340896672" role="bascode" localize="false" xml-lang="en-US">End Sub</paragraph>
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