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\name{ireadLines}
\alias{ireadLines}
\title{Iterator over Lines of Text from a Connection}
\description{
Returns an iterator over the lines of text from a connection.
It is a wrapper around the standard \code{readLines} function.
}
\usage{
ireadLines(con, n=1, ...)
}
\arguments{
\item{con}{a connection object or a character string.}
\item{n}{integer. The maximum number of lines to read.
Negative values indicate that one should read up to
the end of the connection. The default value is 1.}
\item{\dots}{passed on to the \code{readLines} function.}
}
\value{
The line reading iterator.
}
\seealso{
\code{\link[base]{readLines}}
}
\examples{
# create an iterator over the lines of COPYING
it <- ireadLines(file.path(R.home(), 'COPYING'))
nextElem(it)
nextElem(it)
nextElem(it)
}
\keyword{utilities}
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