Writing data to a CSV file

[Piperlester]

I'm trying to find out how to store the data as a CSV, I'm writing a client tracking program for my dad's company, and currently I have to DIM all the variables as strings and give them a length, this makes for a difficult time trying to work with all the data, because it's always having extra spaces at the end, making it just a pain in the butt.

I have all the inputs down, but to get the inputs into a CSV seems to keep tripping me up... any help would be gladly appreciated.

Thanx

btw... got the files, and now I'm using Bisray.com

[brisray]

Try this, it was adapted from the QBasic help file.

CLS
OPEN "c:\list.txt" FOR OUTPUT AS #1
DO
INPUT " NAME: ", Name$
INPUT " AGE: ", Age$
WRITE #1, Name$, Age$
INPUT "Add another entry"; R$
LOOP WHILE UCASE$(R$) = "Y"
CLOSE #1
'Print the file to the screen.
OPEN "c:\list.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
CLS
PRINT "Entries in file:": PRINT
DO WHILE NOT EOF(1)
INPUT #1, Rec1$, Rec2$ 'Read entries from file.
PRINT Rec1$, Rec2$ 'Print the entries on the screen.
LOOP
CLOSE #1

You use WRITE to put data into the file. Write surrounds the text with quotes, adds the commas and each write statement adds a CRLF to the line.

The file is read using INPUT. Like the WRITE statement the variables are written an read one after the other, a line at a time.

Ray

[Piperlester]

Gotcha.. thanx, I see where I was going wrong before, I had been using PUT and PRINT to get data to the files.

I will worship your most knowledgeable fingers ;D