Re: [fpc-pascal] About reset(aFile, FileNameString)

2005-09-13 Thread Lance Boyle
Thanks for the pointers 8^), y'all. Lance On Sep 13, 2005, at 8:02 PM, Adriaan van Os wrote: Lance Boyle wrote: "Official" Pascal for opening a file and associating a name with it (e.g., a disk file) goes like this: assign(aFile, FileNameString); reset(aFile); {or rewrite, etc.} Assi

Re: [fpc-pascal] About reset(aFile, FileNameString)

2005-09-13 Thread Adriaan van Os
Lance Boyle wrote: "Official" Pascal for opening a file and associating a name with it (e.g., a disk file) goes like this: assign(aFile, FileNameString); reset(aFile); {or rewrite, etc.} Assign is not "official" Pascal but a non-standard Turbo/Borland/Delphi Pascal extension. All of the P

re: [fpc-pascal] About reset(aFile, FileNameString)

2005-09-13 Thread David Emerson
t; From: "Lance Boyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:39 AM > To: "FPC-Pascal users discussions" > Subject: [fpc-pascal] About reset(aFile, FileNameString) > > "Official" Pascal for opening a file and associating a name wi

[fpc-pascal] About reset(aFile, FileNameString)

2005-09-13 Thread Lance Boyle
"Official" Pascal for opening a file and associating a name with it (e.g., a disk file) goes like this: assign(aFile, FileNameString); reset(aFile); {or rewrite, etc.} All of the Pascals that I have used allowed the following shorthand, an extension: reset(aFile, FileNameString); {or rewri