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Used in Print statements to specify an ASCII file as the output location; must precede the expressions to be printed and be followed by a comma. If the specified file does not exist, the file will be created. 
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Used in Print statements to specify an ASCII file as the output location; must precede the expressions to be printed and be followed by a comma.  
  
==== Usage ====
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If the specified file does not exist, the file will be created. 
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== Usage ==
 
<syntaxhighlight>File("PathFilename")</syntaxhighlight>  
 
<syntaxhighlight>File("PathFilename")</syntaxhighlight>  
  
Where: [[PathFilename]]  - a string expression specifying the path and filename  
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Where:  
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:'''PathFilename''' - a string expression specifying the path and filename.
 
   
 
   
==== Example ====
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== Example ==
<syntaxhighlight>Print(File("C:\test.txt"),CurrentDate,CurrentTime); will save the output of CurrentDate and  
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<syntaxhighlight>Print(File("C:\test.txt"), CurrentDate, CurrentTime);</syntaxhighlight>
CurrentTime to the test.txt file in the root directory of the C: hard drive</syntaxhighlight>
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Will save the output of CurrentDate and CurrentTime to the test.txt file in the root directory of the C: drive.
 
   
 
   
 
[[Category:Output]]
 
[[Category:Output]]

Revision as of 10:09, 9 February 2012

Used in Print statements to specify an ASCII file as the output location; must precede the expressions to be printed and be followed by a comma.

If the specified file does not exist, the file will be created.

Usage

File("PathFilename")

Where:

PathFilename - a string expression specifying the path and filename.

Example

Print(File("C:\test.txt"), CurrentDate, CurrentTime);

Will save the output of CurrentDate and CurrentTime to the test.txt file in the root directory of the C: drive.