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Class Properties and Methods Reference : SkipBytes( ) method (FileInputStream)
 

SkipBytes( ) method (FileInputStream)

Skips and discards a specified number of bytes in the current file input stream. The method returns the number of bytes skipped. It returns 0 if the end of the stream has already been reached.
Return type: INT64
Access: PUBLIC
Applies to: Progress.IO.FileInputStream class

Syntax

SkipBytes( INPUT n AS INT64 )
n
The number of bytes to be skipped.