Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Try this:
>> read/part %test.txt 5 ;<= 5 is the "size" argument to /part
== "This "
(the content of the file is "This is a test file^/")
Best regards
Thomas Jensen
On 02-Feb-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a text file that i want to extract, say, the first 5 characters
> from. Checking the read documentation, says to use the refinement /part
> that also needs the size argument, but i'm unable to see how that size
> argument is specified??
>
> the closest i've got is:
>
>>> read/part/size %test.txt
> ** Script Error: read expected size argument of type: number.
> ** Where: read/part/size %test.txt
>
> gives an error. What does the read look like??
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike.
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