If you wish a variable to hold the contents of the file, you MUST use one of two datatypes, VarChar or VarBit, with VarChar the quick choice for textual data and VarBit for Binary data.
To set a variable to the contents of a text file you do this: if your TextFile on disk is named MyTextFile.txt: Set Var vTextFileContents VARCHAR = ['MyTextFile.txt'] If you wish to write the contents back to disk as a DIFFERENT file, then do this: Write .vTextFileContents to MyNewTextFile.txt While the contents of the varchar contains the Textual information, it can be handled in any manner associated with the VarChar datatype. On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 6:54:57 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > how do you set a var to a text file > I have tried set var var1 text = .myfile.txt > > Tom Hart > -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/1c8cf822-433f-4002-8655-cd9aa248529en%40googlegroups.com.
