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The file must be opened with the Open statement using the key word INPUT.</paragraph> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7"> 57<emph>var:</emph> A numeric or string variable that you assign the values read from the opened file to.</paragraph> 58<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159153" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">The <emph>Input#</emph> statement reads numeric values or strings from an open file and assigns the data to one or more variables. A numeric variable is read up to the first carriage return (Asc=13), line feed (Asc=10), space, or comma. String variables are read to up to the first carriage return (Asc=13), line feed (Asc=10), or comma.</paragraph> 59<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146984" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">Data and data types in the opened file must appear in the same order as the variables that are passed in the "var" parameter. If you assign non-numeric values to a numeric variable, "var" is assigned a value of "0".</paragraph> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156442" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="10">Records that are separated by commas cannot be assigned to a string variable. Quotation marks (") in the file are disregarded as well. If you want to read these characters from the file, use the <emph>Line Input#</emph> statement to read pure text files (files containing only printable characters) line by line.</paragraph> 61<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">If the end of the file is reached while reading a data element, an error occurs and the process is aborted.</paragraph> 62<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152578" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Example:</paragraph> 63<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3144765" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph> 65<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Dim sLine As String</paragraph> 66<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149410" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Dim aFile As String</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Dim sMsg as String</paragraph> 68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153417" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph> 69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150752" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153707" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Open aFile For Output As #iNumber</paragraph> 71<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150321" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Print #iNumber, "This is a line of text"</paragraph> 72<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Print #iNumber, "This is another line of text"</paragraph> 73<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148408" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Close #iNumber</paragraph> 74<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155937" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> 75<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">Open aFile For Input As iNumber</paragraph> 76<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">While not eof(iNumber)</paragraph> 77<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145232" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="30">Line Input #iNumber, sLine<comment>This is a LINE INPUT# example, not for INPUT#</comment></paragraph> 78<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">If sLine <>"" then</paragraph> 79<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150298" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)</paragraph> 80<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">end if</paragraph> 81<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">wend</paragraph> 82<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155607" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Close #iNumber</paragraph> 83<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153268" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Msgbox sMsg</paragraph> 84<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3152584" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">End Sub</paragraph> 85</body> 86</helpdocument> 87