PASCAL, Data Types, Structured Types, File
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A file is a sequence of components of the same type. The number
of components is not fixed, so a file can be any length. The
FILE type definition identifies the component type.
Syntax:
[[PACKED]] FILE OF [[attribute-list]] component-type
The 'attribute-list' is one or more optional identifiers that
provide additional information about the file components.
The 'component-type' is the type of the file components which
can be any ordinal, real, pointer, or structured type, except
for the following:
o A nonstatic type
o A structured type with a nonstatic component
o A file type
o A structured type with a file component
The arithmetic, relational, Boolean, and assignment operators
cannot be used with file variables or structures containing file
components. You cannot form constructors of file types.
Example: FILE OF Boolean
This example shows a file of Boolean values. If a variable,
'TRUTHS', is declared of this type, the file buffer is denoted by
TRUTHS^.
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