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# Get Statement

Reads a record from a relative file, or a sequence of bytes from a binary file, into a variable.

See also: PUT Statement

## Syntax:

    Get [#] FileNumber As Integer, [Position], Variable

## Parameters:

FileNumber: Any integer expression that determines the file number.

Position: For files opened in Random mode, Position is the number of the record that you want to read.

For files opened in Binary mode, Position is the byte position in the file where the reading starts.

If Position is omitted, the current position or the current data record of the file is used.

Variable: Name of the variable to be read. With the exception of object variables, you can use any variable type.

## Example:

    Sub ExampleRandomAccess
    Dim iNumber As Integer
    Dim sText As Variant REM Must be a variant
    Dim aFile As String
        aFile = "c:\data.txt"
        iNumber = Freefile
        Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32
        Seek #iNumber,1 REM Position at beginning
        Put #iNumber,, "This is the first line of text" REM Fill line with text
        Put #iNumber,, "This is the second line of text"
        Put #iNumber,, "This is the third line of text"
        Seek #iNumber,2
        Get #iNumber,,sText
        Print sText
        Close #iNumber
        iNumber = Freefile
        Open aFile For Random As #iNumber Len=32
        Get #iNumber,2,sText
        Put #iNumber,,"This is a new text"
        Get #iNumber,1,sText
        Get #iNumber,2,sText
        Put #iNumber,20,"This is the text in record 20"
        Print Lof(#iNumber)
        Close #iNumber
    End Sub