Microsoft® JScript™ Skip Method | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Skips a specified number of characters when reading a TextStream file.

##### Syntax

> object.Skip(characters)

> The Skip method syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> object | Required. Always the name of a TextStream object.
> characters | Required. Number of characters to skip when reading a file.

##### Remarks

> Skipped characters are discarded.

> The following example illustrates the use of the Skip method:

> >     function SkipDemo()
> >     {
> >       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);
> >       f.Skip(6);
> >       r = f.ReadLine();
> >       return(r);
> >     }

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