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FileReadLine

 

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Description

Reads a line from an on-disk or in-memory file.

Returns

The line of the file.

Category

System functions

Function syntax

FileReadLine(fileObj)

See also

FileCloseFileIsEOFFileReadFileWrite

History

ColdFusion 8: Added this function.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

fileobj

The file object

Example

The following example opens a file, reads each line, outputs each line, and then closes the file.

<h3>FileReadLIne Example</h3>

<cfscript>
myfile = FileOpen("c:\ColdFusion9\wwwroot\test1.txt", "read");
while(NOT FileisEOF(myfile))
{
x = FileReadLine(myfile); // read line
WriteOutput("#x#");
}
FileClose(myfile);
</cfscript

 

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