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Syntax
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Loc
(filenumber)
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Description
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Returns a
Long
representing the position of the file pointer in the given file.
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Comments
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The filenumber parameter is an
Integer
used by the Basic Control Engine to refer to the number passed by the
Open
statement to the Basic Control Engine .
The
Loc
function returns different values depending on the mode in which the file was opened:
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File Mode
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Returns
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Input
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Current byte position divided by 128.
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Output
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Current byte position divided by 128.
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Append
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Current byte position divided by 128.
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Binary
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Position of the last byte read or written.
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Random
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Number of the last record read or written.
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Example
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This example reads 5 lines of the autoexec.bat file, determines the current location of the file pointer, and displays it in a dialog box.
Const crlf = Chr$(13) + Chr$(10)
Sub Main()
file$ = "c:\autoexec.bat"
Open file$ For Input As #1
For x = 1 To 5
If Not EOF(1) Then Line Input #1,lin$
Next x
lc% = Loc(1)
Close
MsgBox "The file byte location is: " & lc%
End Sub
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See Also
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Seek (function); Seek (statement); FileLen (function).
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