Mercurial > hg > octave-lojdl
changeset 14436:12097d20a23e
doc: Improve docstring for fskipl.
* file-io.cc (fskipl): Improve docstring for fskipl.
author | Rik <octave@nomad.inbox5.com> |
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date | Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:35:39 -0800 |
parents | f312918f16d2 |
children | 62a2ef6c09a4 |
files | src/file-io.cc |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/file-io.cc +++ b/src/file-io.cc @@ -404,13 +404,18 @@ DEFUN (fskipl, args, , "-*- texinfo -*-\n\ -@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {} fskipl (@var{fid}, @var{count})\n\ -Skip a given number of lines, i.e., discards characters until an end-of-line\n\ -is met exactly @var{count}-times, or end-of-file occurs.\n\ +@deftypefn {Built-in Function} {@var{nlines} =} fskipl (@var{fid})\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {@var{nlines} =} fskipl (@var{fid}, @var{count})\n\ +@deftypefnx {Built-in Function} {@var{nlines} =} fskipl (@var{fid}, Inf)\n\ +Read and skip @var{count} lines from the file descriptor @var{fid}.\n\ +@code{fskipl} discards characters until an end-of-line is encountered exactly\n\ +@var{count}-times, or until the end-of-file marker is found.\n\ +\n\ +If @var{count} is omitted, it defaults to 1. @var{count} may also be\n\ +@code{Inf}, in which case lines are skipped until the end of the file.\n\ +This form is suitable for counting the number of lines in a file.\n\ +\n\ Returns the number of lines skipped (end-of-line sequences encountered).\n\ -If @var{count} is omitted, it defaults to 1. @var{count} may also be\n\ -@code{Inf}, in which case lines are skipped to the end of file.\n\ -This form is suitable for counting lines in a file.\n\ @seealso{fgetl, fgets}\n\ @end deftypefn") {