* {{Parameter|fileNumber&}} is the file or port number used in the [[OPEN]] AS [[BINARY]] or [[RANDOM]] statement.
* The [[INTEGER]] or [[LONG]] byte {{Parameter|position}} in a [[BINARY]] file or the record {{Parameter|position}} in a [[RANDOM]] file '''must be greater than zero'''.
* The {{Parameter|position}} can be omitted if the GET operations are consecutive based on the {{Parameter|targetVariable}} [[TYPE]] byte size.
* The {{Parameter|targetVariable}} [[Data types|type]] or [[FIELD]] ''variable'' size determines the byte size and the next {{Parameter|position}} in the file.
* The first byte position in a file is 1. <!-- giving the previous information is enough: This may require adding one to an offset value when documentation uses that position as 0. -->
* GET does not require a byte or record {{Parameter|position}} or {{Parameter|targetVariable}} (or comma) when using a [[FIELD]] statement.
* '''QB64''' can [[PUT]] the entire contents of an array to a file and later GET those contents to a {{Parameter|targetArray()}} (include brackets).
* '''GET may ignore the end of a file and return bad data. If the [[EOF]] function returns -1 after a GET operation, it indicates that the data has ended.'''