# WriteShort (filehandle/stream, myinteger)

# Parameters

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)

# 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.

# 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( filein ) Print "Short Integer Data Read From File - mydata.dat " Print Read1 Print Read2 Print Read3 Print Read4 WaitKey()

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