Dinfio Documentation — Function Reference: file::construct()

Module fileio → Class file → construct()

Description

The constructor. Create an instance of class file and open a file

file::construct(filename, mode)

Parameters

filename (string) — File name to be opened
mode (number) — File mode

Return Value

file — Returns the instance of class file and handle to the opened file. If file cannot be opened then nothing is returned

Usage Example

import fileio
 
f = file("data.txt", file_write)
 
if !is_nothing(f)
    ' Success, do something here
else
    writeln("Failed to open the file")
endif