string_file_buffer

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# `string_file_buffer`

`string_file_buffer` -- queries a string file for its internal buffer.

## Syntax

    string_file_buffer (string_file)

## Arguments

`string_file`

  A file which points to an in-memory string, created by a call to `open_string`.

## Returns

The characters remaining to be read within the string file.

## Description

This function queries a string file for its internal buffer.

## Example

        Gamma> a = open_string("my false file");
        #<File:"String">
        Gamma> read_n_chars(a,3);
        #{my }
        Gamma> string_file_buffer(a);
        "false file"
        Gamma>

## See Also

`open_string`

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