Line Input# Statement

Reads a line from a sequential file into a variable.

Syntax:

Line Input Statement diagram


Line Input #fileNum, variable

Parameters:

fileNum: 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.

variable: The name of the variable that stores the result.

With the Line Input# 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.

Example:


  Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile
      Dim iNumber As Integer
      Dim sLine As String
      Dim aFile As String
      Dim sMsg As String
      aFile = "C:\Users\ThisUser\data.txt"
      iNumber = Freefile
      Open aFile For Output As #iNumber
      Print #iNumber, "This is a line of text"
      Print #iNumber, "This is another line of text"
      Close #iNumber
      iNumber = Freefile
      Open aFile For Input As iNumber
      While Not eof(iNumber)
          Line Input #iNumber, sLine
          If sLine <>"" Then
              sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)
          End If
      Wend
      Close #iNumber
      MsgBox sMsg
  End Sub


  Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile
      Dim iNumber As Integer
      Dim sLine As String
      Dim aFile As String
      Dim sMsg As String
      aFile = "~/data.txt"
      iNumber = Freefile
      Open aFile For Output As #iNumber
      Print #iNumber, "This is a line of text"
      Print #iNumber, "This is another line of text"
      Close #iNumber
      iNumber = Freefile
      Open aFile For Input As iNumber
      While Not eof(iNumber)
          Line Input #iNumber, sLine
          If sLine <>"" Then
              sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)
          End If
      Wend
      Close #iNumber
      MsgBox sMsg
  End Sub

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