H3 CLASS="subsection"><A NAME="htoc351">12.1.16</A>&#XA0;&#XA0;InChannel</H3><P><A NAME="obj:InChannel"></A><A NAME="object:InChannel"></A><A NAME="@default383"></A><A NAME="@obj25"></A></P><P>Parent objects: <CODE>Channel</CODE>.</P><P>A <CODE>InChannel</CODE> is an input channel. The variable <CODE>stdin</CODE> is the
standard input channel.</P><P>It provides the following methods.
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<CODE>$(InChannel.fopen &lt;file&gt;)</CODE>: open a new input channel.
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