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Name

InputString Function — Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem

Synopsis

InputString(filenumber, charcount)

filenumber required; Integer: Any valid file number
charcount required; Integer: Number of characters to read from file

Return Value

A String containing charcount characters

Description

Reads data from a file into a string variable.

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