\indexii{dictionary}{type}

Dictionaries are created by placing a comma-separated list of

\code{\{'jack':\,4098, 'sjoerd':\,4127\}} or

\code{\{4098:\,'jack', 4127:\,'sjoerd'\}}.

you can tell whether the last line of a file ended in a newline

or not (yes this happens!).}

(but may be absent when a file ends with an

non-negative, it is a maximum byte count (including the trailing

newline) and an incomplete line may be returned.

An empty string is returned when \EOF{} is hit

Truncate the file's size. If the optional size argument present, the

file is truncated to (at most) that size. The size defaults to the

current position. Availability of this function depends on the

operation).

\end{funcdesc}

\code{fopen()}: \var{filename} is the file name to be opened,

\var{mode} indicates how the file is to be opened: \code{'r'} for

reading, \code{'w'} for writing (truncating an existing file), and

systems means that {\em all} writes append to the end of the file,

regardless of the current seek position).

Modes \code{'r+'}, \code{'w+'} and

\indexii{dictionary}{type}

Dictionaries are created by placing a comma-separated list of

\code{\{'jack':\,4098, 'sjoerd':\,4127\}} or

\code{\{4098:\,'jack', 4127:\,'sjoerd'\}}.

you can tell whether the last line of a file ended in a newline

or not (yes this happens!).}

(but may be absent when a file ends with an

non-negative, it is a maximum byte count (including the trailing

newline) and an incomplete line may be returned.

An empty string is returned when \EOF{} is hit

Truncate the file's size. If the optional size argument present, the

file is truncated to (at most) that size. The size defaults to the

current position. Availability of this function depends on the

operation).

\end{funcdesc}