Set the string width for the files opened with the Open statement.
Width #filenumber, width |
The Width # sintax contains these parts:
Part | Description |
filenumber | Required. Any valid file number. |
width | Required. Numeric expression with the 0–255 range inclusive. Sets how many symbols to write to a line before going over to a new line. If width equals 0 (default value), line width is not limited. The default value of the width argument is 0. |
In the example below the Width # statement is used to set the line width for writing to the file.
Dim I Open "TESTFILE" For Output As #1 ' Open file for writing. Width #1, 5 ' Set width to 5. For I = 0 To 9 ' The loop repeats 10 times. Print #1, Chr(48 + I); ' Print 5 characters per line. Next I Close #1 ' Close the file. |
See Also |
Open Statement, Print # Statement |