Tandy 1000 Basic Reference Manual

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LINE INPUT# Statement
LINE INPUT# buffer, variable
Accepts an entire line of data from a sequential file to a string
variable.
Buffer is the number assigned to the file when you opened it.
This statement is useful when you want to read an ASCII format
BASIC program file as data
or when you want to read in data
without following the usual restrictions regarding leading char-
acters and terminators.
LINE INPUT# reads everything from the
first character up to:
0 the end-of-file
the 255th data character
0 a carriage return
Other characters encountered-quotation marks, commas, lead-
ing blanks-are included in the string.
Note: You must place a space between LINE and
INPUT#.
Example
If a ASCII format program file looks like this:
10 CLEAR 500
20 OPEN "I", 1, "prog"
then the statement:
LINE INPUT#l, A$
can be used repeatedly to read each program line, one at a time.
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Tandy 1000 Specifications

General

Processor	Intel 8088
Processor Speed	4.77 MHz
RAM	128 KB (expandable to 640 KB)
Operating System	MS-DOS 2.11
Manufacturer	Tandy Corporation
Release Year	1984
Storage	Single or double 5.25" floppy disk drive (360 KB), optional hard drive
Sound	Tandy 3-voice sound
Ports	Parallel, Serial
Graphics	CGA (Color Graphics Adapter)
Graphics Modes	320x200, 640x200