Sets the file pointer to a position starting at the beginning of the file. Returns true on success, false otherwise. The parameter specifies the position.
Category: | External File |
Returned data type: | Integer |
Note: | The returned value is a Boolean value where 1= success and 0 = error. |
fileobject.seekbegin(<position>)
position
an integer specifying the number of bytes that need to be moved forward from the beginning of the file. Specifying a 0 means the start of the file. This parameter can be specified as a number, field name, or expression
The seekbegin method moves the file pointer to the specified location in the file, where 0 indicates the start of the file. It returns true on success; otherwise, false is returned. Specifying 1 means that reading starts after the first position in the file.
file f
string input
f.open("C:\filename.txt", "r")
input = f.readline()
// return the pointer to the beginning of the file
// and read the first line again
f.seekbegin(0)
f.readline()
f.close()