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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Seek Function</title>
<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03020304.xhp</filename>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<section id="seek">
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3154367"><bookmark_value>Seek function</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154367" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020304.xhp" name="Seek Function">Seek Function</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156280" xml-lang="en-US">Returns the position for the next writing or reading in a file that was opened with the open statement.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153194" xml-lang="en-US">For random access files, the Seek function returns the number of the next record to be read.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3161831" xml-lang="en-US">For all other files, the function returns the byte position at which the next operation is to occur.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155854" xml-lang="en-US">See also: <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020103.xhp" name="Open">Open</link>, <link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020305.xhp" name="Seek">Seek</link>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152460" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="bascode" id="par_id3145365" xml-lang="en-US">Seek (FileNumber)</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148575" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" localize="false" id="par_id3159156" xml-lang="en-US">Long</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149665" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>FileNumber:</emph> The data channel number used in the Open statement.</paragraph>
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