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# TCustomMemoryStream.Read

Reads Count bytes from the stream into buffer.

## Declaration

`public function TCustomMemoryStream.Read(`
`var Buffer;`
`Count: LongInt`
`):LongInt; override;`

## Description

Read reads Count bytes from the stream into the memory pointed to by buffer. It returns the number of bytes actually read.

This method overrides the abstract TStream.Read method of TStream. It will read as much bytes as are still available in the memory area pointer to by Memory. After the bytes are read, the internal stream position is updated.

## See also

TCustomMemoryStream.Memory |  | Pointer to the data kept in the memory stream.
TStream.Read |  | Reads data from the stream to a buffer and returns the number of bytes read.