RawFile.getPosition

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Get the position of the file that will be read from.

Contents 1 Usage 2 Examples 3 Notes 4 See also

Usage

number rawfile.getPosition();

• rawfile Sphere RawFile object. The RawFile to get the position of.
• number is returned, which is the position of the file cursor inside the RawFile.

Examples

This code sample will work as long as the file other/blah.txt contains at least 10 characters:

var rf = OpenRawFile("blah.txt");
rf.setPosition(9);
var pos = rf.getPosition();
GetSystemFont().drawText(0, 0, "Position in file is " + pos);
FlipScreen();
GetKey();

Notes

• RawFile objects have a cursor, which indicates the position in the file from which data is read or is written to. This function can obtain that position.

• To set the position of the file cursor, use RawFile.setPosition().

See also

• Sphere RawFile object

• OpenRawFile()
• RawFile.setPosition()

• FlipScreen()
• Font.drawText()
• GetKey()
• GetSystemFont()