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<h2 class="section"> 63.2 Functions and Variables for plain-text input and output </h2>

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<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>read_matrix</b><i> (<var>S</var>)</i>
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<dt><u>Function:</u> <b>read_matrix</b><i> (<var>S</var>, <var>