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<div class="CMethod"><div class=CTopic><h3 class=CTitle><a name="uvm_reg_backdoor.pre_read" href="../../src/reg/uvm_reg_backdoor.svh">pre_read</a></h3>
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      <td class=PBeforeParameters colspan=3>virtual task pre_read(</td>      </tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>      <td class=PType nowrap>uvm_reg_item&nbsp;</td>
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