LOF()
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Description
- Returns the "length of file" as the number of bytes in the file referenced by #handle.
Syntax
- lof(#handle)
Hints
On file bigger then 4 Gb (2^32 bytes), lof(#handle) erroneously returns truncated value: actual_length MOD 2^32. In that case, FILES command allows to read right value.
Example
' Assumes file named "test.txt" exists on disk: open "test.txt" for input as #1 ' input$(#handle, n) returns the number of characters specified by the argument n. ' Therefore, the number of characters to return will be the length of the file in bytes. txt$ = input$(#1, lof(#1)) print "Contents of file: " print print txt$ close #1
Useful Procedures
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