The Microsoft Input/Output Stream Classes (iostream.hlp) (Table of Contents; Topic list)
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istream::read
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  istream& read( char* pch, int nCount );
  istream& read( unsigned char* puch, int nCount );
  istream& read( signed char* psch, int nCount );
 
  Parameter         Description
 
  <pch>, <puch>, <psch>
                    A pointer to a character array.
 
  <nCount>          The maximum number of characters to read.
 
  Remarks
 
  Extracts bytes from the stream until the limit <nCount> is reached or
  until the end of file is reached. The read function is useful for binary
  stream input.
 
  See Also
 
  ◄istream::get►, ◄istream::getline►, ◄istream::gcount►,
  ◄istream::ignore►
 
 
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