read,write

Usage

read(in, n)
write(out, a, n)

Signatures

read:	(BinaryReader, MachineInteger) $\to$ %
write:	(BinaryWriter, %, MachineInteger) $\to$ BinaryWriter

Parameter	Type	Description
in	BinaryReader	an input stream
out	BinaryWriter	an output stream
n	MachineInteger	a nonnegative size
a	%	A primitive array

Returns

read(in, n) reads a primitive array of $n$ elements in binary format from the stream in and returns the array read, while write(out, a, n) writes the first $n$ elements of $a$ to the stream out and returns the stream after the write.