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RecordLists

RecordLists
is an option for ReadList that specifies whether objects from separate records should be returned in separate sublists.

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With the default setting RecordSeparators->{"\n", "\r\n", "\r"}, setting RecordLists->True makes RecordLists return objects that appear on different lines in different sublists.
With RecordLists->False, ReadList returns a single list of all objects it reads.
With RecordLists->True, ReadList returns a list containing a sublist for each record.

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Basic Examples (1)Basic Examples (1)

A list of numbers:

Read the file:

Out[2]=

ReadList with RecordLists set to True:

Out[3]=

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See Also See Also

Record RecordSeparators

Tutorials Tutorials

Reading Textual Data

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Low-Level File Operations

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