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FileTools[Text]

  

ReadLine

  

read a line from a file

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

ReadLine(file)

Parameters

file

-

file descriptor or filename

Description

• 

The ReadLine(file) command reads a string containing all the characters from the current file position to the first newline character or the end of file.  The characters are returned as a string.

• 

If the current file position is the end of the file, a call to ReadLine returns NULL, but ReadLine does not automatically close file. This behavior is different from readline.

Examples

FileToolsTextWriteLinetestfile,This is a test

15

(1)

FileToolsTextWriteLinetestfile,This is also a test

20

(2)

FileToolsTextClosetestfile

FileToolsTextReadLinetestfile

This is a test

(3)

FileToolsTextReadLinetestfile

This is also a test

(4)

FileToolsTextReadLinetestfile

FileToolsRemovetestfile

See Also

file

FileTools[Remove]

FileTools[Text]

FileTools[Text][Close]

FileTools[Text][Open]

FileTools[Text][WriteLine]

FileTools[Text][WriteString]

IO_errors

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