Reads simply-formatted data from file. Returns a list of lists containing Numbers, Names, or Strings. Each sublist corresponds to the data on a single line in the file. There is no requirement that the number of data elements on each line be identical. Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored. Numeric data is parsed as Numbers, never Integers. Strings are enclosed in double-quotes, and must not contain newline characters. All other non-numeric data is parsed as Names, with syntactically illegal characters (such as a minus sign) replaced with underscores.
Alternatives for reading data from text files include the functions ReadInteger, ReadNumber, and ReadSimpleDataFile, the TextFile design, and the ADO.NET library.
readSimpleDataFile ( file As User ) As List
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| file | User | A file handle previously created by a call to OpenFile. |