BUILT-IN MATHEMATICA SYMBOL
Skip
Skip[stream, type]
skips one object of the specified type in an input stream.
Skip[stream, type, n]
skips n objects of the specified type.
- Skip behaves like Read, except that it returns Null when it succeeds in skipping the specified objects, and $Failed otherwise.
A file of numbers:
Open a stream to read the file:
| Out[2]= |  |
Read the first number:
| Out[3]= |  |
Skip the second number:
| Out[5]= |  |
Close the stream:
| Out[6]= |  |
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