Line Input # Statement

Description

Reads a 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:

Remarks

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.

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