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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Line Input # Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>Line Input statement</bookmark_value>
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36<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>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Reads strings from a sequential file into a variable.</paragraph>
38</section>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150447" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147229" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Line Input #FileNumber As Integer, Var As String</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145173" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161832" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">
43<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>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151119" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
45<emph>var:</emph> The name of the variable that stores the result.</paragraph>
46<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>
47<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3163711" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Example:</paragraph>
48<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145271" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile</paragraph>
49<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156444" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph>
50<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">Dim sLine As String</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Dim aFile As String</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147436" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Dim sMsg as String</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145647" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">Open aFile For Output As #iNumber</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147124" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Print #iNumber, "This is a line of text"</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153415" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Print #iNumber, "This is another line of text"</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146969" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Close #iNumber</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154482" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150321" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Open aFile For Input As iNumber</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="26">While not eof(iNumber)</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155764" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Line Input #iNumber, sLine</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">If sLine &lt;&gt;"" then</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147338" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">sMsg = sMsg &amp; sLine &amp; chr(13)</paragraph>
65<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147362" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">end if</paragraph>
66<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">wend</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153965" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Close #iNumber</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Msgbox sMsg</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149257" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">End Sub</paragraph>
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