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The **SEEK** statement sets the next byte or record position of a file for a read or write.
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## Syntax
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> SEEK *filenumber&*, *position*
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* *filenumber* must be the file number that is [OPEN](OPEN) and being read or written to.
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* *position* is a byte in [BINARY](BINARY) or sequencial files created in [OUTPUT](OUTPUT), [APPEND](APPEND) or [INPUT (file mode)](INPUT-(file-mode))s. The first byte = 1.
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* *position* is the record in [RANDOM](RANDOM) files to read or write. Records can hold more than one variable defined in a [TYPE](TYPE).
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* Since the first SEEK file position is 1 it may require adding one to an offset value when documentation uses that position as 0.
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* After a SEEK statement, the next file operation starts at that SEEK byte position.
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* The SEEK statement can work with the [SEEK](SEEK) function to move around in a file.
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## Example(s)
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A SEEK statement using the [SEEK](SEEK) function to move to the next random record in a file.
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```vb
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SEEK 1, SEEK(1) + 1
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```
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## See Also
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* [SEEK](SEEK) (function)
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* [GET](GET), [PUT](PUT)
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