Returns a Long specifying the current read/write position within a file opened using the Open statement.
Syntax
Seek(filenumber)
The required filenumber argument is an Integer containing a valid file number.
Remarks
Seek returns a value between 1 and 2,147,483,647 (equivalent to 2^31 – 1), inclusive.
The following describes the return values for each file access mode.
| Mode | Return Value |
|---|---|
| Random | Number of the next record read or written |
| Binary, Output, Append, Input |
Byte position at which the next operation takes place. The first byte in a file is at position 1, the second byte is at position 2, and so on. |