Name
WriteLine Procedure
Class
Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileSystem
Named Arguments
No
Syntax
WriteLine(filenumber
, [output
])
-
filenumber
(required; Integer) Any valid file number
-
output
(optional; Object (Any)) A comma-delimited list of expressions or a ParamArray to be written to the file
Description
Writes data to a sequential file and then adds a line-feed character combination
Rules at a Glance
output
can contain multiple expressions delimited with either a comma, a semicolon, or a space.output
can also be an Object array containing values to be written to the file indicated byfilenumber
.The following table describes how the WriteLine procedure handles certain types of data, regardless of the locale, to allow files to be read universally.
Data type |
Data written to file |
---|---|
Numeric |
Decimal separator is always a period (.) |
Boolean |
|
Date |
|
Null |
|
Error |
|
The WriteLine procedure automatically does the following:
Delimits data fields with a comma
Places quotation marks around string data
Inserts a new-line character (
Chr(13)
+
Chr(10)
) after the last item inoutput
is written to the file
If the
output
argument is omitted, WriteLine writes a blank line to the file designated byfilenumber
.
Programming Tips and Gotchas
The structured data written to a file using the WriteLine procedure is most suited to being read back from the file using the Input procedure.
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