WRITE FILE

This command will write a long word of data to the file from an integer value.

  Syntax
WRITE FILE File Number, Variable
  Parameters
File Number
Integer
The file specified by the file number must be open or the command will fail
Variable
Integer
This command will write a long word of data to the file from an integer value. This is the standard command for writing data where the datatype is not important

  Returns

This command does not return a value.

  Description

This is the standard command for writing data where the datatype is not important. The file specified by the file number must be open or the command will fail.

  Example Code
cls
open to write 1,"data.dat"
if file open(1)=1
write file 1,42
endif
close file 1
wait 1000*8
open to read 1,"data.dat"
if file open(1)=1
read file 1,a
print "value= "+str(a)
endif
close file 1
do
loop
end
  See also

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