Microsoft® JScript™ Read Method | Language Reference Version 2

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##### Description

> Reads a specified number of characters from a TextStream file and returns the resulting string.

##### Syntax

> object.Read(characters)

> The Read method syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> object | Required. Always the name of a TextStream object.
> characters | Required. Number of characters you want to read from the file.

> The following example illustrates how to use the Read method to read a six character header from a file and return the resulting string:

> >     function GetHeader()
> >     {
> >       var fso, f;
> >       var ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2;
> >       fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
> >       f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForWriting, true);
> >       f.Write("Header");
> >       f.Write("1234567890987654321");
> >       f.Close();
> >       f = fso.OpenTextFile("c:\\testfile.txt", ForReading);
> >       return(f.Read(6));
> >     }

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