VIC-20 C16 Plus/4 C64 C128 M65

The INPUT# command is used for reading strings from a file, into one or more variables. The file must be opened beforehand using the OPEN command.

INPUT #<logical file number>, <variable> [, <variable>] ...

Differences from CBM BASIC:

• All variables must be of type STRING.
• Only the comma (,) character is recognized as record separator. If the input is between quotes (“) the comma is regarded as part of the string.

This example demonstrates writing to and reading from a sequential file:

OPEN 2, 8, 4, "testfile,s,w"
PRINT #2, "{34}quoted,string{34}", "one";"more", "record"
CLOSE 2

PRINT "file written. now reading..."

DIM a$ AS STRING * 12
DIM b$ AS STRING * 12
DIM c$ AS STRING * 12

OPEN 2, 8, 4, "testfile,s,r"
INPUT #2, a$, b$, c$
PRINT a$, b$, c$
CLOSE 2

• PRINT#
• OPEN
• CLOSE