read method

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read

Reads the next character from the text reader and advances the character position by one character.

Returns

The next character from the text reader, or -1 if no more characters are available.

def read(self):
    ...

read

Reads a specified maximum number of characters from the current reader and writes the data to a buffer, beginning at the specified index.

Returns

The number of characters that have been read. The number will be less than or equal to count, depending on whether the data is available within the reader. This method returns 0 (zero) if it is called when no more characters are left to read.

def read(self, buffer, index, count):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
bufferlistWhen this method returns, contains the specified character array with the values
between index and (index + count - 1) replaced by the characters read from the current source.
indexintThe position in buffer at which to begin writing.
countinthe maximum number of characters to read. If the end of the reader is reached before
the specified number of characters is read into the buffer, the method returns.

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