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# Eof Function

Determines if the file pointer has reached the end of a file.

## Syntax:

    Eof (intexpression As Integer)

## Return value:

Bool

## Parameters:

Intexpression: Any integer expression that evaluates to the number of an open file.

Use EOF to avoid errors when you attempt to get input past the end of a file. When you use the Input or Get statement to read from a file, the file pointer is advanced by the number of bytes read. When the end of a file is reached, EOF returns the value "True" (-1).

### Error codes:

5 Invalid procedure call

52 Invalid file name or file number

## Example:

    Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile
    Dim iNumber As Integer
    Dim sLine As String
    Dim aFile As String
    Dim sMsg As String
        aFile = "c:\data.txt"
        iNumber = Freefile
        Open aFile For Output As #iNumber
        Print #iNumber, "First line of text"
        Print #iNumber, "Another line of text"
        Close #iNumber
        iNumber = Freefile
        Open aFile For Input As iNumber
        While Not eof(iNumber)
            Line Input #iNumber, sLine
            If sLine <>"" Then
                sMsg = sMsg & sLine & chr(13)
            End If
        Wend
        Close #iNumber
        MsgBox sMsg
    End Sub