Skip Method

 

Skips a specified number of characters when reading a TextStream file.

Syntax

object.Skip(characters)

Arguments

• object
  Required. Always the name of a TextStream object.

• characters
  Required. Number of characters to skip when reading a file.

Remarks

Skipped characters are discarded.

The following example illustrates the use of the Skip method:

function SkipDemo()
{
   var fso, f, r;
   var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
   fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);
   f.WriteLine("Hello world!");
   f.WriteLine("JScript is fun");
   f.Close();
   f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);
   f.Skip(6);
   r = f.ReadLine();
   return(r);
}

Function SkipTextFile
   Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
   Dim fso, f
   Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForWriting, True)
   f.Write "Hello world!"
   Set f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\testfile.txt", ForReading)
   f.Skip(6)
   SkipTextFile =   f.ReadLine
End Function

Applies To:

TextStream Object

See Also

Close Method (FileSystemObject)
Read Method
ReadAll Method
ReadLine Method
SkipLine Method
Write Method (FileSystemObject)
WriteLine Method (FileSystemObject)
WriteBlankLines Method