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Skip[stream,type]

skips one object of the specified type in an input stream.

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Skip[stream,type,n]

skips n objects of the specified type.

Details and Options

  • Skip behaves like Read, except that it returns Null when it succeeds in skipping the specified objects, and $Failed otherwise.

Examples

Basic Examples  (1)Summary of the most common use cases

A file of numbers:

In[1]:=1
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0giptg-4ryego

Open a stream to read the file:

In[2]:=2
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0giptg-2p4of8
Out[2]=2

Read the first number:

In[3]:=3
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0giptg-vgd0bz
Out[3]=3

Skip the second number:

In[4]:=4
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0giptg-jlv21s
In[5]:=5
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0giptg-wsg3tr
Out[5]=5

Close the stream:

In[6]:=6
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https://wolfram.com/xid/0giptg-yc8ufh
Out[6]=6
Wolfram Research (1991), Skip, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html.
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Wolfram Research (1991), Skip, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html.

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Wolfram Research (1991), Skip, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html.

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Wolfram Research (1991), Skip, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html.

CMS

Wolfram Language. 1991. "Skip." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html.

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Wolfram Language. 1991. "Skip." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (1991). Skip. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html

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Wolfram Language. (1991). Skip. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_skip, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Skip}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html}", note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_skip, author="Wolfram Research", title="{Skip}", year="1991", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html}", note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_skip, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Skip}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html}, note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_skip, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={Skip}, year={1991}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/Skip.html}, note=[Accessed: 20-June-2025 ]}