QBasic 1.1: LSET Statement

Explanation

LSET, RSET Statements

LSET and RSET move data into a random-access file buffer (in preparation for a PUT statement) and left- or right-justify the value of a string variable. LSET also copies the contents of one record variable to another.

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Syntax

LSET stringvariable$=stringexpression$

RSET stringvariable$=stringexpression$

LSET recordvariable1=recordvariable2

Description / Parameter(s)

stringvariable$	Any string variable or a random-access file field defined in a FIELD statement.
stringexpression$	For LSET, the left-justified version of stringvariable$. For RSET, the right-justified version of stringvariable$.
recordvariable1 recordvariable2	Record variables of any user-defined data type. Use LSET to assign a record variable of one data type to a different user-defined data type.

Example


OPEN "FILEDAT.DAT" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN = 10
FIELD #1, 5 AS Ls1$, 5 AS Rs1$
LSET Ls1$ = "LSET"
RSET Rs1$ = "RSET"
PUT #1, 1
CLOSE #1
OPEN "FILEDAT.DAT" FOR RANDOM AS #1 LEN = 10
FIELD #1, 5 AS Ls2$, 5 AS Rs2$
GET #1, 1
PRINT "*" + Ls2$ + "*", "*" + Rs2$ + "*"
CLOSE #1