! ! open"text.txt" for input & output ! ! ques

[Sterling Christensen]

1)

Code:

INPUT youCanUseAStringVariable$
OPEN youCanUseAStringVariable$ FOR OUTPUT AS #1

2)
You can open more than one file at a time. For example, to copy stuff from "source.dat" to "dest.dat", you could make "source.dat" #1, and "dest.dat" #2.

You can pick any number you want, even #53 should work.

3)
The first time, INPUT gives you the first line. But if you do it again, it'll give you the second, etc... example:

Code:

OPEN "blah.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
LINE INPUT #1, firstLine$
PRINT firstLine$
LINE INPUT #1, secondLine$
PRINT secondLine$
CLOSE

...and you could put LINE INPUT in a loop if you want to get a lot of lines.