# Command: WriteShort

WriteShort (filehandle|stream, myinteger) Definition:

Write a single short integer value (16 bits) to an open file (or stream).

Parameter Description:

filehandle|stream = a valid variable set with the OpenFile, WriteFile command, or OpenTCPStream (v1.52+) myinteger = an integer variable (a floating point number can be used but this will be converted to an integer before saving so only the integer part will be saved)

Command Description:

Once you've opened a disk file (or stream) for writing, use this command to write a single short integer (16 bit) value to the file. Note, each value written uses 2 bytes and is written least significant byte first. The range of the value saved is 0-65535
Streams can only be used in Blitz Basic v1.52 or greater.
See also:
ReadByte, ReadShort, ReadInt, ReadFloat, ReadString$, ReadLine$, WriteByte, WriteShort, WriteInt, WriteFloat, WriteShort, WriteString, WriteLine, ReadFile, WriteFile, OpenFile, CloseFile, Eof, FileType, FilePos, SeekFile

Example:

; Reading and writing a file using ReadShort and WriteShort functions
; Initialise some variables for the example
Int1% = 10 ; store 10
Int2% = 365 ; store 365
Int3% = 32767 ; 32767 is the largest positive Short Integer Value in BlitzBasic )
Int4% = -32768 ; -32768 the largest negative Short Integer Value in BlitzBasic )
; Open a file to write to
fileout = WriteFile("mydata.dat")
; Write the information to the file
WriteShort( fileout, Int1 )
WriteShort( fileout, Int2 )
WriteShort( fileout, Int3 )
WriteShort( fileout, Int4 )
; Close the file
CloseFile( fileout )
; Open the file to Read
filein = ReadFile("mydata.dat")
Read1 = ReadShort( filein )
Read2 = ReadShort( filein )
Read3 = ReadShort( filein )
Read4 = ReadShort( filein )
; Close the file once reading is finished
CloseFile( fileout )
Print "Short Integer Data Read From File - mydata.dat "
Print Read1
Print Read2
Print Read3
Print Read4
WaitKey()

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