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INPUTt<file number>,<variable list>
Disk
To read data items from a sequential disk file
and assign them to program variables.
<file number> is the number used when the file
was OPENed for input. <variable list> contains
the variable names that will be assigned to the
items in the file. (The variable type must
match the type specified by the variable name.)
With INPUTt, no question mark is printed, as
with INPUT.
The data items in the file should appear just as
they
would if data were being typed in response
to an rNPUT statement. With numeric values,
leading spaces, carriage returns and line feeds
are ignored. The first character encountered
that is not a space, carriage return or line
feed is assumed to be the start of a number.
The number terminates on a space, carriage
return, line feed or comma.
If BASIC~80 is scanning the sequential data file
for
a string item, leading spaces, carriage
returns and line feeds are also ignored. The
firs~ character encountered that is not a space,
carriage return,
or
line feed is assumed to be
the start of a string item. If this first
character is a quotation mark ("), the string
item will consist of all characters read between
the first quotation mark and the second.
Thus,
a quoted string may not contain a quotation mark
as a character.
If the first character of the
string is not a quotation mark, the string is an
unquoted string, and will terminate on a
comma,
carriage or line feed (or after 255 characters
have been read). If end of file is reached when
a numeric or string itam is being INPUT, the
item is terminated.