FileHandle.read

Read up to byteCount bytes from the file (or all remaining if -1)

Parameters

Parameter	Default Value	Note
byteCount	-1

Return value

Condition	Return Value
(always)	string

Notes

Example

import "file"
fh = file.open("data.txt", "r")
chunk = fh.read(4)   // read 4 bytes as a string
print chunk
fh.close