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Re: OT - What is File IO (or I/O)?
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Re: OT - What is File IO (or I/O)?


  • Subject: Re: OT - What is File IO (or I/O)?
  • From: Andrew Oliver <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 01:18:48 -0700

I = Input
O = Output

Basically anything that gets data into your script (read file, user input,
etc) or reports data from it (write file, display dialog, etc.)

Andrew
:)

On 7/21/04 12:48 AM, "jj" <email@hidden> wrote:

> Hi all!
>
> I've heard lots of times about IO -including other programmming languages-,
> but what is "IO" exactly?
>
> I know there are at least two scripting additions (old ones) which include
> in their names the "File IO" stuff, and provide commands to read and write
> to files but... Is such a simple explanation? (And what is the "I" and what
> the "O"?)
>
>
> jj
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