4.1.4.3 Rewrite

Rewrite procedure

Example:

var

  fileID: integer;

  fileName: string;

begin

  fileName:= 'listOfTrees.txt';

  fileID:= AssignFile(fileName);

  Rewrite(fileID);                  // this line deletes contain the file (in this case listOfTrees.txt)

  WriteLn(fileID, 'picea, malus');  // this line writes a new values in the file

  CloseFile(fileID);

end.

Output:

the text file before call the example

the text file after call the example

old data is overwritten

NOTE: the text file (listOfTrees.txt) is stored in the directory Field-Map, see below screenshot.

See also:

AssignFile; Reset; Rewrite; Append; WriteLn; ReadLn; EOF; CloseFile; DeleteFile; SaveStringToFile; SaveStringToFileAsUTF8