Input into a program

[Guest_imported]

I am new to qbasic and know only very limited comands. I have a program that outputs info into a text file using append. I need my program to input the entire file into my program. I am using a .dat file and print #. I have qbasic 1.1 and 4.5.

 

[BitFiddler]

Are you sure you have to have the full contents of that data-file into (QB's) memory ?

Maybe you can read your data-file line-by-line, and process it that way ?

Handle=freefile
open "yourfile.dat" for input as #Handle
while not eof(Handle)
line input #Handle,Line$
'-- here you can alter the contents of 'line$'
' to anything you like ...
print Line$
wend
close #Handle

 

[qbasicking]

It would be much easier to modify text documents using GET and PUT. This is how all word processors i've ever seen do it.

DIM text(16380) 'max unless you use /AH
OPEN "file.dat" FOR RANDOM AS #1
FOR a = 1 TO LOF(1)
GET #1, a, text(a)
NEXT
CLOSE

 

[qbasicking]

INPUT# is alright. I use it to load fonts, but only because it seems to be more compact. GET and PUT are 5-10 times faster.