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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Loc Function [Runtime]</title>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020302.xhp" name="Loc Function [Runtime]">Loc Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the current position in an open file.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">Syntax:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="code" id="par_id3150768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Loc(FileNumber)</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Return value:</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152578" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Long</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152462" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Parameters:</paragraph>
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<emph>FileNumber:</emph> Any numeric expression that contains the file number that is set by the Open statement for the respective file.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154320" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="9">If the Loc function is used for an open random access file, it returns the number of the last record that was last read or written.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151115" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">For a sequential file, the Loc function returns the position in a file divided by 128. For binary files, the position of the last read or written byte is returned.</paragraph>
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