How to dump text into a .txt file?

[johannhowitzer]

Hey, thanks for reading.

I know how to write values to binary files, but I would like to create actual text output that I could then copy over to a word processor.  Is there a way to do this easily?

[FellippeHeitor]

Open it for OUTPUT and use PRINT:

Code: QB64: [Select]

1. 'SAMPLE CODE:
2. OPEN file$ FOR OUTPUT AS #1
3. PRINT #1, "This is the first line of my text file"
4. PRINT #1, "And this is the last."
5. CLOSE #1

[johannhowitzer]

Thanks!

[FellippeHeitor]

You're welcome! And welcome to the forum!

[codeguy]

Open "somerandomtextfile" for binary as c%
_clipboard$=input$(c%,lof(c%))
Close c%

Open your word processing executable. Select paste (usually control-v). Voila.

[SMcNeill]

And, if you're used to working with BINARY, just put a CRLF character onto the end of each line of text.

Instead of:  PUT #1, , text$
Instead:  PUT #1, , text$ + CHR$(13) + CHR$(10) 'For Windows style line endings.