READ DATASET

Reference

Syntax

READ DATASET dset INTO dobj [MAXIMUM LENGTH mlen]
                            [[ACTUAL] LENGTH alen].

Effect

Imports data from the file specified in dset to the data object dobj.

Additions

• MAXIMUM LENGTH mlen
  Restricts the number of characters and bytes to be read from the file to mlen.
  
  
• [ACTUAL] LENGTH alen
  Returns the number of characters and bytes read from the file to alen .