LINE INPUT
LINE INPUT [ # Stream , ] Variable
Reads an entire line of text from the text stream
Stream into a
String Variable.
If the stream
Stream is not specified, then the standard input is used.
The entire line is read, except the end-of-line delimiter.
The end-of-line delimiter can be defined with the
Stream.EndOfLine property.
It is
gb.
Unix by default,
which selects a single
Chr$(10) character.
Do not use this instruction to read from binary files, because you will lose the linefeed characters. Use
READ instead.
Do not use this instruction inside the Read event of a process that does not necessarily send a newline
(because it is printing a prompt for example). It will block forever waiting for the newline character.
Examples
DIM hFile AS Stream
DIM sOneLine AS String
' Print a file to standard output
hFile = OPEN "/etc/hosts" FOR INPUT
WHILE NOT Eof(hFile)
LINE INPUT #hFile, sOneLine
PRINT sOneLine
WEND
CLOSE #hFile
See also