OPEN CONS

• Source: https://www.freebasic.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=KeyPgOpenCons
• Last revised: 2023-06-24

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Opens the console's standard input (stdin) or output (stdout) streams, using it as if it were file operations.

Syntax

Open Cons As [#]filenumber
Open Cons For Input As [#]filenumber
Open Cons For Output As [#]filenumber

Usage

` result = Open Cons( [For {Input|Output}[,]] As filenumber )

*(or using the QB-like syntax*,) `