Prototype: readintlist(filename, comment, split, maxentries, maxbytes)

Return type: ilist

Description: Splits the file filename into separated values and returns the list.

The comment field is a multiline regular expression and will strip out unwanted patterns from the file being read, leaving unstripped characters to be split into fields. Using the empty string ("") indicates no comments.

Arguments:

Example:

Prepare:

[%CFEngine_include_snippet(readintlist.cf, #+begin_src prep, .*end_src)%]

Run:

[%CFEngine_include_snippet(readintlist.cf, #+begin_src cfengine3, .*end_src)%]

Output:

[%CFEngine_include_snippet(readintlist.cf, #+begin_src\s+example_output\s, .end_src)%]

See Also: [readstringlist()][readstringlist], [readreallist()][readreallist]