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break — break out of loop
case of — select according to value
create — create co-expression
every do — generate every result
expr & expr — evaluate in conjunction
expr \ i — limit generator
expr1 | expr2 — evaluate alternatives
fail — fail from procedure
if then else — select according to outcome
link — reference ICON module
next — go to beginning of loop
not — invert failure
repeat — evaluate repeatedly
return — return from procedure
s ? expr — scan string
suspend do — suspend from procedure
until do — loop until result
v op:=x — augmented assignment
v:=:v — exchange values
v:=x — assign value
while do — loop while result
x!X — process argument list
x(x,…) — function call
x{x,…} — process argument list as co-expressions
|expr — evaluate repeatedly

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SNOBOL4 functions
 
open file
 
Description

f open(s1, s2)
open(s1, s2) produces a file resulting from opening s1 according to options specified in s2, but fails if the file cannot be opened. See Options in the examples.

The default mode is to translate line termination sequences to linefeeds on input and conversely on output. The untranslated mode should be used when reading and writing binary files.
 
Parameters
s1
file path of the file to open
s2
a string of options. See Options in the examples.
returns
a file pointer
 
Defaults
s2
"rt"
 
Errors
103 s1 or s2 is not a string
209 invalid option
 
See Also
 
Examples

Example 1 — Options:
Options are specified as a single string without delimiters:
character  effect
"r"        open for reading
"w"        open for writing
"a"        open for writing in append mode
"b"        open for reading and writing
"p"        open a pipe
"c"        create
"t"        translate line termination sequences to linefeeds
"u"        do not translate line termination sequences to linefeeds