Line Input # Statement

Description

Reads a single line from an open sequential file and assigns it to a String variable.

Syntax

Line Input #filenumber, varname

The Line Input # statement syntax has these parts:

Part	Description

filenumber	Required. Any valid file number.
varname	Required. Valid Variant or String variable name.

Remarks

Data read with Line Input # is usually written from a file with Print #.

The Line Input # statement reads from a file one character at a time until it encounters a carriage return (Chr(13)) or carriage return–linefeed (Chr(13) + Chr(10)) sequence. Carriage return–linefeed sequences are skipped rather than appended to the character string.

See Also

Chr function, Input # statement.

Example

This example uses the Line Input # statement to read a line from a sequential file and assign it to a variable. This example assumes that TESTFILE is a text file with a few lines of sample data.

Dim TextLine
Open "TESTFILE" For Input As #1    ' Open file.
Do While Not EOF(1)                    ' Loop until end of file.
    Line Input #1, TextLine            ' Read line into variable.
    Debug.Print TextLine                ' Print to Debug window.
Loop
Close #1                                    ' Close file.