QBasic 1.1: OPEN (Alternate Syntax) Statement
Explanation
OPEN Statement Alternate Syntax
Worth knowing
Useful and cross-version information about the programming environments of QBasic, QuickBasic and Visual Basic for DOS.
Syntax
| OPEN mode2$,[#]filenum%,file$[,reclen%] |
Description / Parameter(s)
| mode2$ |
A string expression that begins with one of the following characters and specifies the file mode: |
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| O | Sequential output mode. |
| I | Sequential input mode. |
| R | Random-access file input/output mode. |
| B | Binary-file mode. |
| A | Sequential output mode. Sets the file pointer to the end of the file and the record number to the last record of the file. A PRINT # or WRITE # statement extends (appends to) the file. |
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| filenum% |
A number in the range 1 through 255 that identifies the file while it is open. |
| file$ |
The name of the file (may include drive and path). |
| reclen% |
For random-access files, the record length in bytes. For sequential files, the number of characters buffered. |
| QBasic supports this syntax for compatibility with programs written in earlier versions of BASIC. |