Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition 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 uses the Skip method to skip the first six characters before reading from a text file:

> >     Function SkipTextFile
> >       Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
> >       Dim fso, f
> >       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >       Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)
> >       f.Write "Hello world!"
> >       Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
> >       f.Skip(6)
> >       SkipTextFile =  f.ReadLine
> >     End Function

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