I am not sure I understand the question correctly, but the closest equivalent in Pharo is

readInto: collection startingAt: offset count: requestedCount
�� "Read requestedCount elements into collection starting at offset,
�� ��returning the number of elements read, there could be less elements available."

There are others, but this is a fundamental one.

> On 04 Mar 2016, at 15:43, Nicolas Berveglieri <nicolas.berve@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, we're looking for a function similar to the function read, having this prototype:
>
> public int read(byte[] b,
>�� �� �� �� int off,
>�� �� �� �� int len)
>�� �� �� �� �� throws
> IOException
> (found there: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/InputStream.html)
>
> cheers,
> Nicolas. B
>
> 2016-02-26 16:24 GMT+01:00 Damien Cassou <damien.cassou@inria.fr>:
> Nicolas Berveglieri <nicolas.berve@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Also we're looking for some help about file reading with pharo. We couldn't
> > find sufficient info about it on the web, if anyone has a link to share we
> > would be gratefull.
>
> the Pharo Mooc contains a few slides about that:
>
>�� �� ��https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoMooc/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/book-result/Slides/Week5/C019-W5S07-Files.pdf
>
> --
> Damien Cassou
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>
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