Re: write in a file

[harley@argote.ch (Dr. Robert J. Harley)]

Dirk Laurie wrote:
>If I say 'read(filename)', the whole file is read, and all the
>values of x except the last are lost.  I want to read one, do
>something to it, read another, etc.

How about something like:

  filename="log"
  for(i=1,10,write(filename, "dostuff(" i ");"));
  dostuff(i)=print("The value was " i);
  \r log

?

Regards,
  Rob.
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