OpenEuphoria

Re: How to use file_num = open ( "file", "mode" )

• Posted by cense <cense at mail.ru> Aug 12, 2000
• 420 views

On Sat, 12 Aug 2000, jiri babor wrote:
> cense just wrote:
>
> >here try something like this:
> >
> >-- untested code
> >
> >include get.e
> >
> >atom fn
> >sequence full_path, drive, file
> >
> >puts(1, "enter drive letter: ")
> >drive = gets(0) -- get the drive letter in a sequence
> >puts(1, "enter file name: ")
> >file = gets(0) -- get the file name in a sequence
> >
> >full_path = append( drive, ":\\") -- append the ":\\" to the end of
> the drive
> >full_path = append( full_path, file ) -- app the file name to the
> drive letter
> >                                      -- and ":\\"
> >
> >fn = open( full_path, "w" )
> >   -- do your stuff
> >close(fn)
> >
> >hope that helps ( or even works! )
> >
> >--
> >cense
>
>
> No, it does not help, because it does not work!
> It takes only about 30 seconds to test it, if it works.
> If it does not, it usually takes a bit longer, but it saves you a lot
> of embarrassment and you do not confuse the poor newbie even more.
>
> jiri
>

hey jiri, its no embarassment. At least i was truthful about it not knowing if
it worked. sorry for not testing it and all ( i know you *HATE* untested code
posters ) but i am running linux at the moments and i still have not bothered
to setup euphoria for linux very well yet.

>
> include get.e
>
> atom fn
> sequence full_path, drive, file
>
> puts(1, "Enter drive letter: ")
> drive = gets(0)                     -- get the drive letter in a
> sequence
> drive = drive[1..1]                 -- strip newline
>
> puts(1, "\nEnter file name: ")
> file = gets(0)                      -- get the file name in a sequence
> file = file[1..length(file)-1]      -- strip newline
>
> full_path = drive & ":\\" & file    -- concatenate
>
> fn = open( full_path, "w" )
>     -- do your stuff
> close(fn)

good work on fixing my crap for code jiri. It been a while since i actually
finnished a project in euphoria. sorry Mr newbie that i confused

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