[Coco] results on INPUT vs. READ for disk files in BASIC09

[Wayne Campbell]

Seems I was remembering GET more than I$read. With GET I can read a file
until the string is full, including cr's.


On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 7:51 PM Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:

> Apparently, I was thinking of I$read, as the READ function in Basic09
> reads to a cr then stops. Forgive me for my misinformation earlier. My
> memory doesn't recall everything correctly these days.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 11:21 AM Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am almost certain that READ reads until the size of the receiving
>> string is full or the end of data is reached. INPUT reads until a carraige
>> return is found. However, I can't test that right now. I will test it as
>> soon as I can get onto my notebook and run VCC.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 7:23 AM L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Wayne are you sure that you aren’t thinking of doing an I$Read Syscall
>>> instead? I am pretty sure hat James is right in that READ from a file reads
>>> until a carriage return.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> > On Jun 5, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > You need to compare what you just wrote to what I said. I did not
>>> include
>>> > the portion of the READ statement that reads a DATA statement since
>>> that
>>> > was not part of the discussion. The part that reads an askii record is
>>> the
>>> > part I was discussing. And it will read an entire file into a single
>>> string
>>> > if the string is long enough. You can also use get to get the entire
>>> file
>>> > in one chunk, rather than reading the file one bite at a time. But I do
>>> > believe I remember being able to read a file and it will on one read
>>> fill
>>> > up an entire string if that's what you're reading into. I will have to
>>> run
>>> > some tests on that to determine if my memory is correct or not.
>>> >
>>> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 1:21 AM James Jones <jejones3141 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> That seems inconsistent with the BASIC09 manual (I got the printed
>>> one out
>>> >> this time), which says
>>> >>
>>> >>   - [READ] reads either an ASCII record from a sequential file or
>>> device,
>>> >>   or an item from a DATA statement
>>> >>   - Each input record is terminated by a carriage return character.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 9:22 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Don't forget that INPUT looks for a carraige return character to
>>> >> terminate
>>> >>> input. READ does not do this and can read an entire file into a
>>> string,
>>> >>> provided the file is shorter than the string variable.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018, 2:11 PM James Jones <jejones3141 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> INPUT ignores the prompt if it is given a path connected to a disk
>>> file
>>> >>> not
>>> >>>> opened for update.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> READ, if given a path, will do just as well without needing a
>>> prompt.
>>> >>>>
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