I’m currently learning BASIC (I use FreeBASIC) and I’m trying to open files. However, instead of opening files, my program deletes them. This is my code:
Dim f as Integer
f = FreeFile
Open "myfile" For Input Access Read As #f
If Err > 0 Then Print "Error opening the file. Error code:" ; Err : End
Close #f
End
When executing the code, myfile vanishes, the Error opening the file message prints and the error code is 0.
I tried with and without Access Read; and I tried different other things than Input (I tried Binary and Random for instance). I also tried another dialect (-lang fblite). None of this fixes the problem.
What am I doing wrong?
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