Seek Instruction

Syntax

Seek [#]StreamNum, Count

Group

File

Description

Positions StreamNum for input Count.

NOTE: Unicode text files opened with Input mode use character positions, not byte positions.

Sandbox

Sandbox mode blocks this instruction.

Parameters

Parameters Description
StreamNum Streams 1 through 255 are private to each macro. Streams 256 through 511 are shared by all macros.
Count For Random mode files, this is the record number. The first record is 1. Otherwise, it is the byte position. The first byte is 1.

Example

Sub Main
    Open "XXX" For Input As #1
    Line Input #1, L$
    Seek #1, 1 ' rewind to start of file
    Input #1, A
    Close #1
    Debug.Print A
End Sub

See also

Seek( )