Close

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General Operation Statement

The Close statement closes a file that has previously been written to with Write, Writeline, Xwrite, or has been read with Read. Use Close when finished with a file to free system resources.

Syntax

Close <file ID>

Example

Close Arrival_File

Parameters

<file ID>

The desired file identifier as defined in the External Files editor.

Remarks

A closed file is automatically re-opened to be read or written to. All opened files are automatically closed at the end of a simulation. When you are using many external files and you want to conserve system resources, this statement is especially helpful.