Method Stdio.read_file()
- Method read_file
string read_file(string filename)
string read_file(string filename, int start, int len)- Description
Read len lines from a regular file filename after skipping start lines and return those lines as a string. If both start and len are omitted the whole file is read.
- Throws
Throws an error on any I/O error except when the file doesn't exist.
- Returns
Returns
0
(zero) if the file doesn't exist or if start is beyond the end of it.Returns a string with the requested data otherwise.
- See also