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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 Bad file name or number

### Example:

      Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile
          Dim iNumber As Integer
          Dim sLine As String
          Dim aFile As String
          Dim sMsg As String
          aFile = "C:\Users\ThisUser\data.txt"
          iNumber = Freefile
          Open aFile For Output As #iNumber
          Print #iNumber, "This is a new line of text"
          Print #iNumber, "This is a new 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

      Sub ExampleWorkWithAFile
          Dim iNumber As Integer
          Dim sLine As String
          Dim aFile As String
          Dim sMsg As String
          aFile = "~/data.txt"
          iNumber = Freefile
          Open aFile For Output As #iNumber
          Print #iNumber, "This is a new line of text"
          Print #iNumber, "This is a new 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

Related Topics

Close Statement

Print# Statement

Input# Statement

Open Statement