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&errout — standard error output
&input — standard input
&output — standard output
chdir — change directory
close — close file
digitcnt — count the number of digits in a file.
flush — flush output
open — open file
read — read line
reads — read string
remove — remove file
rename — rename file
seek — seek to position in file
stop — stop execution
where — produce position in file
write — write line
writes — write string

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SNOBOL4 functions
 
seek to position in file
 
Description

f seek(f, i)
seek(f, i) seeks to position i in f but fails if the seek cannot be performed. The first byte in the file is at position 1. seek(f, 0) seeks to the end of file f.
 
Parameters
f
file object
i
character position in the file
returns
the file object
 
Errors
101 i is not an integer
105 f is not a file
 
See Also
  • where — produce position in file