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by qary busey
Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:54 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Automating file input
Replies: 12
Views: 19398

I found a program called CdList which must do the the same things you are talking about. It lists all the files in a directory and has a four line header. It can add numbering in front if you want. All the data files I want to work with have the same extention. I wrote a program that reads the list ...
by qary busey
Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:49 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Automating file input
Replies: 12
Views: 19398

thanks for the answer.
by qary busey
Sat Dec 11, 2010 7:47 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Automating file input
Replies: 12
Views: 19398

hi I may not be seeing it, but is there a way to use this code to open and close hundreds of data files automatically? I have used READ and DATA in the past for a small number of files but I would like to change to working with hundreds or even thousands of files opened and closed automatically. The...
by qary busey
Fri Dec 10, 2010 12:15 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Automating file input
Replies: 12
Views: 19398

I will put this in.

Thanks
by qary busey
Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:02 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Automating file input
Replies: 12
Views: 19398

Automating file input

Hello. I am glad to find a place like this. I wrote a program that looks at 9 different economic and financial statistics. I manually update the 9 files once a week. The program prints file names with the files$ command and then prompts for a single file. I type in the file I want to use and it is l...