zlib.ZStream.Read

#zlib.ZStream.Read

##Method Signature

 Function Read(Count As Integer, encoding As TextEncoding = Nil) As String

##Parameters

Name	Type	Comment
Count	Integer	The number of compressed bytes to read
encoding	TextEncoding	Optional. The encoding of the decompressed data

##Return value The decompressed data. If BufferedReading is False the the returned data may be significantly larger (or smaller, including zero) than count.

##Notes Reads Count bytes from the compressed stream. The data are decompressed and then returned.

##See also

• ZStream.ReadLine
• ZStream.ReadAll
• ZStream.EOF
• ZStream.Open