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27<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Input# Statement [Runtime]</title>
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34<bookmark_value>Input statement</bookmark_value>
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36<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154908" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020202.xhp" name="Input# Statement [Runtime]">Input# Statement [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
37<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156424" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Reads data from an open sequential file.</paragraph>
38</section>
39<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
40<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Input #FileNumber As Integer; var1[, var2[, var3[,...]]]</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3146121" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Parameters:</paragraph>
42<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145749" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">
43<emph>FileNumber:</emph> Number of the file that contains the data that you want to read. The file must be opened with the Open statement using the key word INPUT.</paragraph>
44<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">
45<emph>var:</emph> A numeric or string variable that you assign the values read from the opened file to.</paragraph>
46<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>
47<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>
48<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>
49<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>
50<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152578" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="12">Example:</paragraph>
51<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3144765" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile</paragraph>
52<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145799" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph>
53<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145252" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Dim sLine As String</paragraph>
54<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149410" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">Dim aFile As String</paragraph>
55<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="39">Dim sMsg as String</paragraph>
56<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153417" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph>
57<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150752" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph>
58<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153707" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Open aFile For Output As #iNumber</paragraph>
59<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150321" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Print #iNumber, "This is a line of text"</paragraph>
60<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Print #iNumber, "This is another line of text"</paragraph>
61<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148408" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Close #iNumber</paragraph>
62<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155937" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph>
63<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="28">Open aFile For Input As iNumber</paragraph>
64<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="29">While not eof(iNumber)</paragraph>
65<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>
66<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">If sLine &lt;&gt;"" then</paragraph>
67<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150298" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">sMsg = sMsg &amp; sLine &amp; chr(13)</paragraph>
68<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154021" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34">end if</paragraph>
69<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154665" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="35">wend</paragraph>
70<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155607" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">Close #iNumber</paragraph>
71<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153268" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">Msgbox sMsg</paragraph>
72<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3152584" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="37">End Sub</paragraph>
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