TextIo.inRecordDelimiter Method
Gets or sets the character that is used for the record delimiter of an input file represented by a TextIO object.
Syntax
public str inRecordDelimiter([str value])
Run On
Called
Parameters
- value
Type: str
The character to be used as the record delimiter; optional.
Return Value
Type: str
The character used as the record delimiter.
Remarks
To set the record delimiter for an output file, use the .
Examples
The following example sets the record delimiter to 128.
boolean openFile()
{
boolean ret = false;
int recordLength = 128;
int numOflastCharacter = 255;
textFile = new TextIo(filename, 'r');
if (textFile)
{
if (textFile.status())
{
throw error("@SYS52680");
}
textFile.inFieldDelimiter(num2char(numOflastCharacter));
textFile.inRecordDelimiter(num2char(numOflastCharacter));
textFile.inRecordLength(recordLength);
ret = true;
}
return ret;
}