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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>readc_  </TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1993</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="readc_"> read a character string</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>[c]=readc_(unit)  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>[c]=readc_()  </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P><VERB>readc_</VERB> reads a character string.
    This function allows one to interrupt an exec file without <VERB>pause</VERB>;
    the exec file stops until carriage return is made.</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>read</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
</MAN>
