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COLOUR:STANDARD
TEXT:00,To create a new file in a different directory on drive F: for writing
TEXT:16,output data, and to handle data as text, you would type:
COLOUR:EUPHORIA
TEXT:32,integer file_id
TEXT:32,file_id = open("f:\\output\\write.dta","w")
COLOUR:STANDARD
TEXT:32,To open an existing file on the C: drive for updating (using long file
TEXT:16,names) under the Windows95 operating system, and handling the data as
TEXT:16,text, you would type:
COLOUR:EUPHORIA
TEXT:32,integer file_id
TEXT:32,file_id = open("c:\\EuphoriaFiles\\tutorialfile.textfile","u")
