X file:seek
From GiderosMobile
Available since: Gideros 2011.6
Class: file
Description
Sets and gets the file position, measured from the beginning of the file to the position given by offset plus a base specified by the string whence. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> (number) = file:seek(whence, offset) </source>
Possible values for whence:
- "set": base is position 0 (beginning of the file)
- "cur": base is current position
- "end": base is end of file
In case of success, function seek returns the final file position, measured in bytes from the beginning of the file. If this function fails, it returns nil, plus a string describing the error.
Therefore:
- file:seek() returns the current file position, without changing it
- file:seek("set") sets the position to the beginning of the file (and returns 0)
- file:seek("end") sets the position to the end of the file, and returns its size
Parameters
whence: (string) setting the base point for offset optional (default = "cur")
offset: (number) offset to set position to optional (default = 0)
Return values
Returns (number) the position in file measured in bytes from the beginning of the file
