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href="text/sbasic/shared/03020303.xhp" name="Lof Function [Runtime]">Lof Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 37*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146794" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Returns the size of an open file in bytes.</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 39*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153380" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph> 40*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Lof (FileNumber)</paragraph> 41*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154141" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph> 42*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Long</paragraph> 43*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph> 44*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>FileNumber:</emph> Any numeric expression that contains the file number that is specified in the Open statement.</paragraph> 45*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To obtain the length of a file that is not open, use the <emph>FileLen</emph> function.</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err52"/> 49*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155415" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph> 50*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleRandomAccess</paragraph> 51*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145251" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph> 52*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sText As Variant REM must be a Variant</paragraph> 53*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim aFile As String</paragraph> 54*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153157" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph> 55*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149403" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> 56*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149121" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32</paragraph> 57*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156276" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Seek #iNumber,1 REM Position at start</paragraph> 58*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,, "This is the first line of text" REM Fill with text</paragraph> 59*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,, "This is the second line of text"</paragraph> 60*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,, "This is the third line of text"</paragraph> 61*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Seek #iNumber,2</paragraph> 62*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,,sText</paragraph> 63*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print sText</paragraph> 64*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph> 65*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153965" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph> 66*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3163807" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32</paragraph> 67*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155607" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,2,sText</paragraph> 68*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150299" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,,"This is a new line of text"</paragraph> 69*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147002" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,1,sText</paragraph> 70*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149036" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,2,sText</paragraph> 71*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,20,"This is the text in record 20"</paragraph> 72*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print Lof(#iNumber)</paragraph> 73*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph> 74*b9e67af3Smseidel<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154200" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">end sub</paragraph> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 77