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<font size=+1><i>STRING|BUFFER</i> <b>fread</b>(<i>[INTEGER <b>block</b>]</i>)</font>
<p>Read from the existing file bound to this object. If the file is a binary
file, a buffer is returned. If the file is a text file (default), a string
is returned.
<p>If the file is at the end, the <code>~eof</code> error is thrown.
<p>With binary files an optional block size may be specified. The default
block size is 512 characters.
<p>Example:
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while ((line = (| fread() |)) != ~eof)
log(line);
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<p><hr size=4><p align=center><i>Last Modified on Mar 2 1996</i>
<br><i>Copyright © 1995, 1996, Brandon Gillespie</i>
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