Assign

Assign a name to a file

Declaration

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procedure Assign(

var f: file;

const Name: String

); procedure Assign(

var f: file;

p: PChar

); procedure Assign(

var f: file;

c: Char

); procedure Assign(

var f: TypedFile;

const Name: String

); procedure Assign(

var f: TypedFile;

p: PChar

); procedure Assign(

var f: TypedFile;

c: Char

); procedure Assign(

var t: Text;

const s: String

); procedure Assign(

var t: Text;

p: PChar

); procedure Assign(

var t: Text;

c: Char

);

Description

Assign assigns a name to F, which can be any file type. This call doesn't open the file, it just assigns a name to a file variable, and marks the file as closed.

Errors

None.

Example

Program Example5;

{ Program to demonstrate the Assign function. }

Var F : text;

begin
  Assign (F,'');
  Rewrite (f);
  { The following can be put in any file by redirecting it
    from the command line.}
  Writeln (f,'This goes to standard output !');
  Close (f);
  Assign (F,'Test.txt');
  rewrite (f);
  writeln (f,'This doesn''t go to standard output !');
  close (f);
end.

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Reset		Open file for reading
Rewrite		Open file for writing
Append		Open a file in append mode

Assign

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