--- !ruby/object:RI::MethodDescription 
aliases: []

block_params: 
comment: 
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::P 
  body: Opens the file, optionally seeks to the given offset, then returns <em>length</em> bytes (defaulting to the rest of the file). <tt>read</tt> ensures the file is closed before returning.
- !ruby/struct:SM::Flow::VERB 
  body: "   IO.read(&quot;testfile&quot;)           #=&gt; &quot;This is line one\\nThis is line two\\nThis is line three\\nAnd so on...\\n&quot;\n   IO.read(&quot;testfile&quot;, 20)       #=&gt; &quot;This is line one\\nThi&quot;\n   IO.read(&quot;testfile&quot;, 20, 10)   #=&gt; &quot;ne one\\nThis is line &quot;\n"
full_name: IO::read
is_singleton: true
name: read
params: |
  IO.read(name, [length [, offset]] )   => string

visibility: public