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Syntax
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Line$(text$,first[,last])
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Description
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Returns a String containing a single line or a group of lines between first and last.
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Comments
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Lines are delimited by carriage return, line feed, or carriage-return/line-feed pairs.
The Line$ function takes the following parameters:
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Parameter
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Description
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text$
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String containing the text from which the lines will be extracted.
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first
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Integer representing the index of the first line to return. If last is omitted, then this line will be returned. If first is greater than the number of lines in text$, then a zero-length string is returned.
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last
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Integer representing the index of the last line to return.
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Example
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This example reads five lines of the autoexec.bat file, extracts the third and fourth lines with the Line$ function, and displays them in a dialog box.
Const crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
Sub Main()
file$ = "c:\autoexec.bat"
Open file$ For Input As #1
txt = ""
For x = 1 To 5
Line Input #1,lin$
txt = txt & lin$ & crlf
Next x
lines$ = Line$(txt,3,4)
MsgBox "The 3rd and 4th lines of '" & file$ & "' are:" & crlf_
& crlf & lines$
End Sub
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See Also
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Item$ (function); ItemCount (function); LineCount (function); Word$ (function); WordCount (function).
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