• ← SetStreamPosition
• → StreamPosition

Skip

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Skip[stream, type]

skips ahead in an input steream by one object of the specified type.

Skip[stream, type, n]

skips ahead in an input steream by n objects of the specified type.

• • stream = StringToStream["a b c d"];

• • Read[stream, Word]

• • Skip[stream, Word]

• • Read[stream, Word]

• • stream = StringToStream["a b c d"];

• • Read[stream, Word]

• • Skip[stream, Word, 2]

• • Read[stream, Word]

• • Skip[stream, Word]