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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Seek Function [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>Seek function</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154367" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020304.xhp" name="Seek Function [Runtime]">Seek Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Returns the position for the next writing or reading in a file that was opened with the open statement.<comment>UFI: see #61750</comment></paragraph>
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39<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">For random access files, the Seek function returns the number of the next record to be read.</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161831" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">For all other files, the function returns the byte position at which the next operation is to occur.</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020103.xhp" name="Open">Open</link>, <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020305.xhp" name="Seek">Seek</link>.</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152460" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
43<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Seek (FileNumber)</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph>
45<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159156" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Long</paragraph>
46<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph>
47<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148645" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG"><emph>FileNumber:</emph> The data channel number used in the Open statement.</paragraph>
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