Futurebasic/Language/Reference/line input pound

LINE INPUT#

Syntax

LINE INPUT# deviceID, stringVar$

Description

This statement reads a line of text data from the open file or open serial port specified by deviceID, and stores the data into the string variable stringVar$.

If deviceID equals zero, then LINE INPUT# reads data from the keyboard. LINE INPUT#0,stringVar$ is identical to LINE INPUT stringVar$.

If deviceID specifies a file, then LINE INPUT# reads a line of text from the file, beginning at the current "file mark" position (which is usually at the beginning of the line), and ending when a carriage-return character is encountered, or the end of the file is encountered, or 255 characters have been read, whichever occurs first. LINE INPUT# then assigns the entire string of characters to stringVar$. the file mark is then advanced to a position just past the last character read.

If deviceID specifies a serial port (i.e., if its value is _modemPort or _printerPort), then LINE INPUT# behaves in a similar way, except that the concepts of "file mark" and "end of file" generally don't apply.

Note that LINE INPUT# is similar to INPUT#, except that special characters such as commas, quotes and leading spaces are not interpreted as data item delimiters, but instead are copied directly into stringVar$.

Note: If the file mark is already at the end of the file when you execute LINE INPUT#, FB generates an "Input past end of file" error. To prevent this situation, check the value of EOF(deviceID) before executing LINE INPUT#.

See Also

INPUT#; LINE INPUT; EOF; OPEN