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read

Reads plain text or data from a file.

By default, the file will be read as UTF-8 and returned as a string.

If you specify encoding: none, this returns raw bytes instead.

Example

An example for a HTML file: \
#let text = read("example.html")
#raw(text, block: true, lang: "html")

Raw bytes:
#read("tiger.jpg", encoding: none)
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Parameter
Parameter
Parameters are input values for functions. Specify them in parentheses after the function name.

read(
strpath
,
encoding:
nonestr
)->
strbytes

path
strpath
Required
Required
Required parameters must be specified when calling the function.
Positional
Positional
Positional parameters can be set by specifying them in order, omitting the parameter name.

Path to a file.

encoding
nonestr

The encoding to read the file with.

If set to none, this function returns raw bytes.

Available string values
  • utf8

    The Unicode UTF-8 encoding.

Default value: "utf8"

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