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Read Method

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

Namespace:  System.IO
Assembly:  System.IO (in System.IO.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function Read As Integer
public virtual int Read()
public:
virtual int Read()
abstract Read : unit -> int 
override Read : unit -> int 
public function Read() : int

Return Value

Type: System. . :: . .Int32
The next character from the text reader, or -1 if no more characters are available. The default implementation returns -1.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

TextReader Class

Read Overload

System.IO Namespace