Syntax:
write[#] deviceID,{var|stringVar;len}[,{var|stringVar;len}...]
Description:
This statement writes the contents of the specified variables to the open file or serial port specified by deviceID
,
starting at the current "file mark" position. The variables in the list
can be of any type (including record types). If you specify a string
variable, it must be followed by a len
parameter, which indicates the number of bytes to copy from the string. len
can be any positive numeric expression whose value doesn't exceed the length of the string.
Unlike the print#
statement, the write
statement does not apply any formatting to the data before writing it.
Instead, it simply writes an exact copy of the variables' internal bit
patterns to the device. This makes the written data suitable for input
by the read#
statement. In general, the data written by write
is not suitable for files which are to be interpreted as text.
See Also:
print#; read#; input#; open