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BinaryReader.Read Method (Byte(), Int32, Int32)

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Reads count bytes from the stream with index as the starting point in the byte array.

Namespace: System.IO
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function Read ( _
	buffer As Byte(), _
	index As Integer, _
	count As Integer _
) As Integer

Parameters

buffer: Type: System.Byte()
The buffer to read data into.

index: Type: System.Int32
The starting point in the buffer at which to begin reading into the buffer.

count: Type: System.Int32
The number of characters to read.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
The number of characters read into buffer. This might be less than the number of bytes requested if that many bytes are not available, or it might be zero if the end of the stream is reached.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	The buffer length minus index is less than count.
ArgumentNullException	buffer is Nothing.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	index or count is negative.
ObjectDisposedException	The stream is closed.
IOException	An I/O error occurs.