View source for FILETOSTR()

==Class==
String Data


==Purpose==
Function to read a file into a text string 


==Syntax==
FILETOSTR(<expC>)


==See Also==
[[AT()]], [[ATNEXT()]], [[FCLOSE()]], [[FCREATE()]], [[FERROR()]], [[FGETS()]], [[FOPEN()]], [[FPUTS()]], [[FREAD()]], [[FREADSTR()]], [[FWRITE()]], [[MEMOREAD()]], [[MEMOWRITE()]], [[SUBSTR()]], [[STUFF()]], [[STR()]], [[STREXTRACT()]], [[STRTOFILE()]], [[STRTRAN()]], [[STRZERO()]], [[TEXTEDIT()]], [[TRIM()]]


==Description==
The FILETOSTR() function reads the specified file and returns its contents as text.


{| class="wikitable"
!Parameter||Description
|-
|<expC>||Name of the file to be read.  This should include the path if not in the current directory.
|-
|}


==Example==
<code lang="recital">
myString = filetostr("myfile.txt")
</code>


==Products==
Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer
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