Assign

Set the filename for a file

Declaration

Procedure Assign(Var f : File; filename : String);

Description

Assign sets the filename for a file of type File or Text.

Errors

If an error occurs, IOResult returns an error code. IOResult can be one of the following:

Number Description
0 No error
7 Invalid filename

Example

Program example;

Var
    fh : File Of Integer;
    ft : Text;

Begin
    Assign(fh, 'numbers');
    Assign(ft, 'words.txt');
End.