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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 .