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tell

Builtin index · File I/O

result = tell(f)

Input: f · Output: result

What it is

Reports f's (file handle, opened readable) current read position.

Overloads

One call shape — this function is not overloaded.

CodeInputOutputDescription
result = tell(f)
f numbernot documented yet
result number
Returns a number: the current byte-aligned offset from the start of the file.

Examples

No documentation example calls this form yet. The File I/O chapter is where one belongs.