• ← PutAppend
• → ReadList

Read

Read[stream]

reads the input stream and returns one expression.

Read[stream, type]

reads the input stream and returns an object of the given type.

• • str = StringToStream["abc123"];

• • Read[str, String]

• • str = StringToStream["abc 123"];

• • Read[str, Word]

• • Read[str, Word]

• • str = StringToStream["123, 4"];

• • Read[str, Number]

• • Read[str, Number]

• • str = StringToStream["123 abc"];

• • Read[str, {Number, Word}]