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Naw, you gotta use LINE INPUT #1, text$ Anytime you PRINT # to a file, just get the entire line! It works just like LINE INPUT works instead of INPUT. You always get a STRING value back with LINE INPUT either way. INPUT #1 can be used to get back Comma Separated Values from Data files that are made...

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I found out what was wrong with my code.

I should have used ReadLine$ instead of ReadList$ on line 6...

Will try the other suggestions when proceeding futher.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

I was following the script in the QB times... See the code below. OPEN "script.dat" FOR INPUT AS #1 DO INPUT #1, ReadLine$ ReadLine$ = LTRIM$(RTRIM$(ReadLine$)) IF LEFT$(ReadLine$, 11) = "DISPLAYTEXT" THEN Temp1$ = RIGHT$(ReadList$, LEN(ReadLine$) - 12) PRINT Temp1$ END IF IF LEF...

Hi. I'm quite a newbie in qbasic and wanted to find a quick and fast way to write a game that would run on user submitted scripts. I was going through the Nightwolf Productions scripting tutorial (From QBtimes issue 1) when I realise there is no output to screen when I run the program. The problem d...