Get Statement
Reads a record from a relative file, or a sequence of bytes from a binary file, into a variable.
See also: PUT Statement
Syntax:
Get [#] FileNumber As Integer, [Position], Variable
Parameters:
\<emph\>FileNumber:\</emph\> Any integer expression that determines the file number.
\<emph\>Position:\</emph\> For files opened in Random mode, \<emph\>Position\</emph\> is the number of the record that you want to read.
For files opened in Binary mode, \<emph\>Position\</emph\> is the byte position in the file where the reading starts.
If \<emph\>Position\</emph\> is omitted, the current position or the current data record of the file is used.
Variable: Name of the variable to be read. With the exception of object variables, you can use any variable type.
Example:
Sub ExampleRandomAccess
Dim iNumber As Integer
Dim sText As Variant REM Must be a variant
Dim aFile As String
aFile = "c:\data.txt"
iNumber = Freefile
Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32
Seek #iNumber,1 REM Position at beginning
Put #iNumber,, "This is the first line of text" REM Fill line with text
Put #iNumber,, "This is the second line of text"
Put #iNumber,, "This is the third line of text"
Seek #iNumber,2
Get #iNumber,,sText
Print sText
Close #iNumber
iNumber = Freefile
Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32
Get #iNumber,2,sText
Put #iNumber,,"This is a new text"
Get #iNumber,1,sText
Get #iNumber,2,sText
Put #iNumber,20,"This is the text in record 20"
Print Lof(#iNumber)
Close #iNumber
End Sub