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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148663" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03020302.xhp" name="Loc Function [Runtime]">Loc Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154138" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">Returns the current position in an open file.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156422" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Syntax:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150440" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U">Return value:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153363" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U"><emph>FileNumber:</emph> Any numeric expression that contains the file number that is set by the Open statement for the respective file.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154320" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">If the Loc function is used for an open random access file, it returns the number of the last record that was last read or written.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151115" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U">For a sequential file, the Loc function returns the position in a file divided by 128. For binary files, the position of the last read or written byte is returned.</paragraph>
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