Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition Write Method | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Writes a specified string to a TextStream file.

##### Syntax

> object.Write(string)

> The Write method syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> object | Required. Always the name of a TextStream object.
> string | Required. The text you want to write to the file.

##### Remarks

> Specified strings are written to the file with no intervening spaces or characters between each string. Use the WriteLine method to write a newline character or a string that ends with a newline character.

> The following example illustrates use of the Write method:

> >     Function WriteToFile
> >       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)
> >       WriteToFile =  f.ReadLine
> >     End Function

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