Microsoft® JScript™ ReadLine Method | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Reads an entire line (up to, but not including, the newline character) from a TextStream file and returns the resulting string.

##### Syntax

> object.ReadLine( )

> The object argument is always the name of a TextStream object.

##### Remarks

> The following example illustrates the use of the Line property:

> >     function GetLine()
> >     {
> >       var fso, f, r;
> >       var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
> >       fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
> >       f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);
> >       f.WriteLine("Hello world!");
> >       f.WriteLine("JScript is fun");
> >       f.Close();
> >       f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);
> >       r =  f.ReadLine();
> >       return(r);
> >     }

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