Width # Statement

Description

Assigns an output line width to a file opened using the Open statement.

Syntax

Width #filenumber, width

The Width # statement syntax has these parts:

Part	Description

filenumber	Required. Any valid file number.
width	Required. Numeric expression in the range 0–255, inclusive, that indicates how many characters appear on a line before a new line is started. If width equals 0, there is no limit to the length of a line. The default value for width is 0.

See Also

Open statement, Print # statement.

Example

This example uses the Width # statement to set the output line width for a file.

Dim I
Open "TESTFILE" For Output As #1    ' Open file for output.
Width #1, 5                                ' Set output line width to 5.
For I = 0 To 9                            ' Loop 10 times.
    Print #1, Chr(48 + I);            ' Prints five characters per line.
Next I
Close #1                                    ' Close file.