CloseFile

Closes the specified file.

Syntax

CloseFile(fileID)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fileID	number	File ID received from OpenFile function

Return

None.

Note

In Python, use Python native file close() function. See Python code below.

Examples

Python

# open a file in read mode
f = open("C:\\Data\\parameters.txt", "r")
# read all the lines in the file and print them
if f:
    lines = f.readlines()
    f.close()
    for line in lines:
        print(line.rstrip()) # rstrip() removes end-of-line character from line

NexScript

% open a file in read mode
file = OpenFile("C:\Data\parameters.txt", "r")
% read all the lines in the file and print them
if file > 0
    line = " " % make line a string variable
    while ReadLine(file, line) > 0
        Trace(line)
    end
    CloseFile(file)
end