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Extraction without delimiters.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslstl_istringstream.h>`

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__istream_type&
read(
    char_type* __s,
    streamsize __n);
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== Description

If the stream state is `good(),` extracts characters and stores them into ___s_ until one of the following happens:

* ___n_ characters are stored
* the input sequence reaches end‐of‐file, in which case the error state is set to `failbit|eofbit.`

[NOTE]
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This function is not overloaded on signed char and unsigned char.

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== Return Value

*this

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *__s*
| A character array.
| *__n*
| Maximum number of characters to store.
|===


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