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<div><h1>read(File,ZZ) -- read from a file</h1>
<div class="single"><h2>Synopsis</h2>
<ul><li><div class="list"><dl class="element"><dt class="heading">Usage: </dt><dd class="value"><div><tt>read(f,n)</tt></div>
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<li><span>Function: <a href="_read.html" title="read from a file">read</a></span></li>
<li><div class="single">Inputs:<ul><li><span><tt>f</tt>, <span>a <a href="___File.html">file</a></span>, a file</span></li>
<li><span><tt>n</tt>, <span>an <a href="___Z__Z.html">integer</a></span>, an integer specifying the maximum number of bytes to read</span></li>
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<li><div class="single">Outputs:<ul><li><span><span>a <a href="___String.html">string</a></span>, a string obtained by reading from <tt>f</tt></span></li>
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<div class="single"><h2>Description</h2>
<div>Input files are buffered, so the current contents of the buffer are returned if the buffer is not empty, otherwise reading from the file is attempted first.</div>
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<div class="single"><h2>See also</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_open__In_lp__String_rp.html" title="open an output file">openIn</a> -- open an output file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_get.html" title="get the contents of a file">get</a> -- get the contents of a file</span></li>
<li><span><a href="_is__Ready_lp__File_rp.html" title="whether a file has data available for reading">isReady</a> -- whether a file has data available for reading</span></li>
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