read

read f -- yields a string obtained by reading bytes from the input file f.
read () -- reads from stdio, getting input from the user.
read s -- reads from stdio, getting input from the user, prompting with the string s.

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.

See also get and File.


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