ReadString() "To the Infinity and beyond"

[lazi]

I wish I could use ReadString() without knowing the length.
Maybe a #NIL as length could mean that should read the bytes until it reach the end of file or the end of the universe.

[p-OS]

A Hollywood string is not limited to characters, it can also contain binary data. As documentation explicitly states ReadString is also meant for reading parts of a binary file to memory. Thus it is important to give length. If you just want to read complete file in to memory, you could use either

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size =FileSize("myfilename")
fh=OpenFile(Nil,"myfilename")
mystring=ReadString(fh,size)
CloseFile(1)

or more easily:

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mystring=FileToString("myfilename")

[lazi]

Thanks!

The first method is known by me, but overlooked the FileToString() function.

Hollywood is so huge that my 45 years old head hardly can fight with it