fclose

Close a file.

Syntax

status = fclose ( fileHandle ) ;

Arguments

handle fileHandle

• The handle to the file opened with fopen().

Return Value

str status

• $ACKNOWLEDGE

  The file was closed.

  The STATUS variable is set to $ACKNOWLEDGE

Exceptions

%ARGUMENT : Invalid arguments. Usage: status = fclose ( fileHandle ) ;

Description

None

Examples

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handle h = fopen ( "test.dat", "r" ) ; str line = fgets ( h ) ; fclose ( h ) ;

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