Get Statement [Runtime]/text/sbasic/shared/03020201.xhpSun Microsystems, Inc.converted from old format - fpeGet statementGet Statement [Runtime]Reads a record from a relative file, or a sequence of bytes from a binary file, into a variable.See also: PUT StatementSyntax:Get [#] FileNumber As Integer, [Position], VariableParameters:FileNumber: Any integer expression that determines the file number.Position: For files opened in Random mode, Position is the number of the record that you want to read.For files opened in Binary mode, Position is the byte position in the file where the reading starts.If Position is omitted, the current position or the current data record of the file is used.Variable: Name of the variable to be read. With the exception of object variables, you can use any variable type.Example:Sub ExampleRandomAccessDim iNumber As IntegerDim sText As Variant ' Must be a variantDim aFile As String aFile = "c:\data.txt" iNumber = Freefile Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32 Seek #iNumber,1 ' Position at beginning Put #iNumber,, "This is the first line of text" ' Fill line with text Put #iNumber,, "This is the second line of text" Put #iNumber,, "This is the third line of text" Seek #iNumber,2 Get #iNumber,,sText Print sText Close #iNumber iNumber = Freefile Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32 Get #iNumber,2,sText Put #iNumber,,"This is a new text" Get #iNumber,1,sText Get #iNumber,2,sText Put #iNumber,20,"This is the text in record 20" Print Lof(#iNumber) Close #iNumberEnd Sub