Reset
Closes all open files, or resets standard I/O handles.
Reset
or
Reset( streamno )
streamno
Reset, when called with no arguments, closes all disk files.
Reset, when called with the streamno argument, will reset the redirected or piped streams associated with stdin (0), or stdout (1). Passing any value for streamno other than 0 or 1 has no effect.
Syntax
Usage
Reset
or
Reset( streamno )
Parameters
streamno
The stream number, 0 for stdin or 1 for stdout to reset.
Description
Reset, when called with no arguments, closes all disk files.
Reset, when called with the streamno argument, will reset the redirected or piped streams associated with stdin (0), or stdout (1). Passing any value for streamno other than 0 or 1 has no effect.
Example
Open "test.txt" For Output As #1
Print #1, "testing 123"
Reset
Print #1, "testing 123"
Reset
Dim x As String
'' Read from STDIN from piped input
Open Cons For Input As #1
While EOF(1) = 0
Input #1, x
Print """"; x; """"
Wend
Close #1
'' Reset to read from the keyboard
Reset(0)
Print "Enter some text:"
Input x
'' Read from STDIN (now from keyboard)
Open Cons For Input As #1
While EOF(1) = 0
Input #1, x
Print """"; x; """"
Wend
Close #1
'' Read from STDIN from piped input
Open Cons For Input As #1
While EOF(1) = 0
Input #1, x
Print """"; x; """"
Wend
Close #1
'' Reset to read from the keyboard
Reset(0)
Print "Enter some text:"
Input x
'' Read from STDIN (now from keyboard)
Open Cons For Input As #1
While EOF(1) = 0
Input #1, x
Print """"; x; """"
Wend
Close #1
Differences from QB
- None for Reset().
- The Reset(streamno) usage is new to FreeBASIC.
See also
