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Thread: Sequential Files!!!???

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    Exclamation Sequential Files!!!???

    Im creating a "Speed Dial" program for a project
    the instructions state to "store the data from the array in a sequential file"
    can someone please explain to me what this means???


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    Default Re: Sequential Files!!!???

    A sequential file has it records in sequential order. Text files are sequential.

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    Default Re: Sequential Files!!!???

    but.. wat is.... a sequential order?...

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    Default Re: Sequential Files!!!???

    This sentence is in sequential order.
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    Default Re: Sequential Files!!!???

    @nitwit3 Is Google available where you are?

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    Default Re: Sequential Files!!!???

    I believe the instructions mean to store each value from your array into a file one after the other. So if your array is 1,2,3,4, then your file would appear as such if you opened it in Notepad:

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    2
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    refer to Programming Bulls | For Geeks and Programmers who think simple!

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