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writing to disk file
Post by Wendell on Feb 13th, 2014, 01:55am

workfl=OPENOUT("workfl1")
INPUT age


how would i write Age to workl1 file
Re: writing to disk file
Post by admin on Feb 13th, 2014, 02:48am

on Feb 13th, 2014, 01:55am, Wendell wrote:
workfl=OPENOUT("workfl1")
INPUT age

how would i write Age to workl1 file

It depends on what the file is for.

If you are writing it to the file with the intention of reading it back in a BASIC program (in other words you are happy for it to be written in an internal, binary, format):

Code:
      workfl=OPENOUT("workfl1.dat")
      INPUT age
      PRINT #workfl, age

If you are writing it with a view to the file being read by a different application, so you need to store it in a 'universal' format, then write it as a string and use a CRLF termination:

Code:
      workfl=OPENOUT("workfl1.txt")
      INPUT age
      PRINT #workfl, STR$(age)
      BPUT #workfl, 10

Note that in each case I have emphasised the nature of the file by adding an explicit extension (.dat in the case of the binary file, .txt in the case of the ASCII file). Omitting the extension altogether isn't recommended, because it will default to .bbc and the file is likely to be mistaken for a BASIC program.

Richard.
Re: writing to disk file
Post by Wendell on Feb 13th, 2014, 05:04am

thank you it worked