Commodore VIC-20 - Page 52

GET#
Format:
GET# file#,
variable
Abbreviation:
None
Screen Display:
None
This statement receives data one byte at a time from any
OPENed device. If no data is available, it works the same as the
GET statement, returning a null value. The INPUT# statement can
get more than one character, and will get all the characters up to a
carriage return (CHR$(13)). The GET# will receive any characters,
1 at a time, including special characters like the carriage return and
quote marks.
EXAMPLE:
tO OPEN 1, 3
20 PRINT CHRS{147) "HELLO THERE11 CHRS{19);
30 FOR L = 1 TO 22
40 GET#1, BS : A$ = A$ + BS
50 NEXT : PRINT A$ : CLOSE 1
If you examine A$ when this program is finished, you'll see that
the last character is a CHRSI13), a carriage return, which
terminates the line.
input# i
Format: Abbreviation: Screen Display: r
input* f]ie#, iK:m:- In 10
variable 1[, variable 2, etc.]
This usually is the fastest and easiest way to retrieve data that
was stored in a file on tape or disk. The data is in the form of whole
variables, as opposed to the one-byte-at-a-time method of GET#.
First the file must have been OPENed, then you can use INPUT# to
fi]| your variables.
EXAMPLE:
10 OPEN1, 1, 0, "TAPE FILE NAME"
20 PRINT 'TILE IS OPEN OK'1
30 INPUT# 1, AS, B5
40 CLOSE 1
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