LOFfunction

Returns the length of an open disk file

Syntax

Declare Function LOF ( ByVal filenum As Long ) As LongInt

Parameters

Return value

The length in bytes of an open disk file.

Description

Returns the length, in bytes, of a file opened previously with Open using the given filenum.

With Open Com it returns the length of the data pending to be read in the receive buffer.

Remarks

Usage


result = LOF( filenum )


Differences from QB

• None
  
  

See also

• LOC
  
• EOF
  
• Open
  
  

Example

Dim f As Long

f = FreeFile

Open "file.ext" For Binary As #f

Print LOF(f)

Close #f

Reference

• Documented in KeyPgLof.html