Input #

Reads a list of values from a text file

Syntax
   Input # filenum, variable_list

Parameters
   filenum
      a file number of a file or device opened for Input
   variable_list
      a list of variables used to hold the values read

Description
   Reads from a text file through a bound file number a delimiter-separated 
   set of values and writes them in reading order into the variables in 
   variable_list. If a variable is numeric the read value is converted from 
   its string representation into the corresponding type.

   Numeric values are converted in a similar way to the procedures Val and 
   ValLng, using the most appropriate function for the number format.

   Delimiters may be commas or line breaks. Whitespace is also treated as a 
   separator after numbers. A string including a comma or a whitespace must 
   be surrounded by double quotes. 

   To read an entire line into a string, use Line Input instead.

   Write # can be used to create a file readable with Input #.

Example
   Dim a As Integer
   Dim b As String
   Dim c As Single

   Open "myfile.txt" For Output As #1
   Write #1, 1, "Hello, World", 34.5
   Close #1

   Open "myfile.txt" For Input As #1
   Input #1, a, b, c
   Close #1
   Print a, b, c

Differences from QB
   * QB has a bug in INPUT # that causes it to read past the end of the 
     line if it does not find a matching end-quote when reading a string. 
     If you are porting QB code that relies upon this bug, you may need to 
     edit your data files to remove newlines from inside quoted strings, or 
     to use a custom function to piece back together the multiline string.

See also
   * Input
   * Input()
   * Line Input #
   * Write #
   * Open
   * Input (File Mode)

