G`Day Peter

31-Mar-96, Peter Lavender wrote to All

 PL> 1)  Is it possible to read in and then write to the same file?

This is possible with a Binary file, but not a Text file...

 PL> 2)  Is it good practise, or possible, to read a textfile in and store the 
 PL> info in an array for adding to, deleting, and editing information?

Hmmm, I can't see why not, it would speed up the program by reading the
information from memory instead of from disk, but this would only be
advantageous if you were dealing with quite a large file... Anyway, you've
given me an idea for a program I'm working on, Thanks! :>

 PL> Thanks for any info forthcoming..
 PL> Cya,
 PL> Pete

Bye! :^>}

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