Line Input #
Reads one line of text from a file
Line Input #file number, string_variable
file number
Reads a line from an open text file (opened for Input through a bound file number) and stores it in a string variable.
A line of text ends at, but does not include the end of line characters. An end of line character may be the LF character (Chr(10)) or the CRLF character pair (Chr(13,10)).
Syntax
Line Input #file number, string_variable
Parameters
file number
file number of an file opened for Input
string_variablevariable to receive the line of text
Description
Reads a line from an open text file (opened for Input through a bound file number) and stores it in a string variable.
A line of text ends at, but does not include the end of line characters. An end of line character may be the LF character (Chr(10)) or the CRLF character pair (Chr(13,10)).
Example
Dim s As String
Open "myfile.txt" For Output As #1
Print #1, "Hello, World"
Close #1
Open "myfile.txt" For Input As #1
Line Input #1, s
Close #1
Print s
Open "myfile.txt" For Output As #1
Print #1, "Hello, World"
Close #1
Open "myfile.txt" For Input As #1
Line Input #1, s
Close #1
Print s
Differences from QB
- None
See also