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Q31531: MASM 5.10 EXT.DOC: FileLength - Returns Number of Lines in Fil

Article: Q31531
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.10   |
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_masm
Last Modified: 12-JAN-1989

The following information is from the MASM Version 5.10 EXT.DOC
file.
   Please note that numbering for both COL and LINE variables begins
with 0.

/*  FileLength - returns the number of lines in the file
 *
 *  The FileLength function is particularly useful for global
 *  operations, in which it is necessary to know where the end of the
 *  file is.
 *
 *  pFile       Handle to file
 *
 *  returns     Number of lines in file
 */
LINE pascal FileLength (pFile)
PFILE pFile;

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