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LINE INPUT
Syntax
LINE INPUT [ # hStream , ] sVariable

Reads an entire line of text from the text stream Stream into a String sVariable.

If the stream hStream is not specified, then the standard input is used.

The entire line is read, except the end-of-line delimiter.

The end-of-line delimiter can be defined with the Stream.EndOfLine property. It is gb.Unix by default, which selects a single Chr$(10) character.

Do not use this instruction to read from binary files, because you will lose the linefeed characters. Use READ instead.

Example
DIM hFile AS Stream
DIM sOneLine AS String

' Print a file to standard output
hFile = OPEN "/etc/hosts" FOR INPUT

WHILE NOT Eof(hFile)
  LINE INPUT #hFile, sOneLine
  PRINT sOneLine
WEND

CLOSE #hFile


See also
Stream & Input/Output functions  Stream.EndOfLine