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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Lof Function [Runtime]</title>
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<bookmark_value>Lof function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156024" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020303.xhp" name="Lof Function [Runtime]">Lof Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146794" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Returns the size of an open file in bytes.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153380" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150359" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Lof (FileNumber)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154141" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Long</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156281" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Parameters:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150869" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>FileNumber:</emph> Any numeric expression that contains the file number that is specified in the Open statement.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id3147349" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">To obtain the length of a file that is not open, use the <emph>FileLen</emph> function.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155415" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Example:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3151074" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Sub ExampleRandomAccess</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145251" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim iNumber As Integer</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim sText As Variant REM must be a Variant</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145646" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Dim aFile As String</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153157" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">aFile = "c:\data.txt"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149403" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149121" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156276" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Seek #iNumber,1 REM Position at start</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3148405" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,, "This is the first line of text" REM Fill with text</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,, "This is the second line of text"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3145643" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,, "This is the third line of text"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3156383" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Seek #iNumber,2</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155333" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,,sText</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149255" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print sText</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154702" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3153965" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">iNumber = Freefile</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3163807" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3155607" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,2,sText</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150299" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,,"This is a new line of text"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3147002" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,1,sText</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149036" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Get #iNumber,2,sText</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3166425" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Put #iNumber,20,"This is the text in record 20"</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3149817" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Print Lof(#iNumber)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3146811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Close #iNumber</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3154200" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">end sub</paragraph>
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