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READ DATASET - Short Reference

Reference

Other versions: 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.54

Syntax


READ DATASET dset INTO dobj [MAXIMUM LENGTH mlen] 
                            [[ACTUAL] LENGTH alen].

Effect

Imports data from the file specified in dset to the data object dobj.

Additions

  • MAXIMUM LENGTH mlen
    Restricts the number of characters and bytes to be read from the file to mlen.
  • [ACTUAL] LENGTH alen
    Returns the number of characters and bytes read from the file to alen .