Seek (Function)

FreeBASIC

Seek (Function)
 
Gets the position of the next read/write operation for a file or device

Syntax

Declare Function Seek ( ByVal filenum As Long ) As LongInt

Parameters

filenum
file number of an open file

Return Value

The file position where the next read or write operation will take place.

Description

The position is given in records if the file was opened in Random access mode, in bytes in any other case. The file position returned is 1-based, so the first record of a file is 1.

The Seek statement is used to set the position of the next read or write operation.

Example

Dim f As Integer, position As Integer

f = FreeFile
Open "file.ext" For Binary As #f

position = Seek(f)

Close #f


Differences from QB

  • None

See also