This command will read a byte of data from the file and store it as an integer value in the variable specified.

READ BYTE File Number, Variable

File Number

Integer
The file specified by the file number must be open or the command will fail

Variable

Integer
The varible use to store the read byte

This command does not return a value.

The file specified by the file number must be open or the command will fail.

cls

open to read 1,"data.dat"

if file open(1)=1

read byte 1,a

print "value = "+str$(a)

endif

close file 1

do

loop

end

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