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Mr Black

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Posted: 20th May 2006 02:52 Edited at: 20th May 2006 13:55

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This is probably exremely noobish, and i DID try searching, didnt find what i needed tho. I want my variable to correctly save to a file. Its just a single digit number that tells how many files are in a folder, when you make one it adds 1 to my variable, which it does do, i made it print the variable afterwards so i know it does and i know it goes to my save label.

When i exit the program and go back the variable is always 1 or 0 and i hate it. Below is the source code that saves and loads the data.

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saves:
var=var+1
   open to write 1, "file.txt"
      write file 1,var
   close file 1


loads:
   open to read 1, "file.txt"
      read file 1,var
   close file 1

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Kivu_Rako

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Posted: 20th May 2006 06:25 Edited at: 20th May 2006 06:26

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well lets see here.... what im seeing is two variables, var and t... im not sure if you are trying to save var or t, my instincts told me you accidently put t instead of var, but assuming you are not that noobish, i will try to help assuming t is correct...

for one you are not deleting a file called file.txt if it exists, which means the code will fail... i also recommend gosubs but i wont go there...

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saves:
var = var + 1
if file exist("file.txt") = 1 then delete file "file.txt"
     open to write 1,"file.txt"
          write file 1,t
     close file 1

loads:
     if file exist("file.txt") = 0 then rem some kind of error code
     open to read 1,"file.txt"
          read file 1,t
     close file 1

i hope that helps, if there is another problem let me know.

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Mr Black

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Posted: 20th May 2006 13:55

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Thank you, I thought it would be something stupid, i thought it automatically overwrote it, thanx.

It was just

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if file exist("file.txt") = 1 then delete file "file.txt"

like you said.

And I had it in a gosub and i had error if file=0 error commands before, i did mess up the t, i changed 1 part but not all sorry. In my code its all the same. So im not THAT much of a noob.

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