# fileread

Reads a file. (version 4.48 or later)

    fileread <file handle> <read byte> <strvar>

## Remarks

Reads specified byte data from the file specified by <file handle>.
The data are written into the string variable <strvar>. The file pointer is moved to reading bytes.
If the file pointer reaches the end of the file while reading the data, the system variable "result" is set to 1. Otherwise, "result" is set to zero.
The range of <read byte> argument must be from 1 to 511.

## Example

    filename = 'foo.txt'

    fileopen fp filename 0

    :loop
    fileread fp 10 data
    messagebox data filename
    if result goto fclose
    goto loop

    :fclose
    fileclose fp

    ; Send 32 bytes from a binary file.
    filename = 'sample.bin'

    fileopen fhandle filename 0
    if fhandle == -1 goto the_end

    call send_16_bytes      ; send first 16 bytes
    fileseek fhandle 16 1   ; seek past next 16 without sending
    call send_16_bytes      ; send next (last) 16 bytes
    fileclose fhandle
    goto the_end

    ;#########################################
    :send_16_bytes
        for i 1 16
            fileread fhandle 1 str      ; read one byte at a time so we can detect zero.
            if result == 1 break
            str2code integer str        ; if zero then str will be empty and integer will be set to zero
            ;sprintf 'integer = 0x%02X' integer
            ;messagebox inputstr 'test'
            send integer
        next
    return
    ;#########################################
    :the_end

## See also

- fileopen
- fileclose