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read_file |
Name
read_file() - read a file into a string
Synopsis
string read_file( string file );
string read_file( string file, int start_line );
string read_file( string file, int start_line, int number_of_lines );
Description
Read a line of text from `file' into a string. The second and third arguments are optional. If only the first argument is specified, the entire file is returned (as a string).
`start_line' is the line number of the line you wish to read. This routine will return 0 if you try to read past the end of the file, or if you try to read from a non positive line.
