 If you need flexibility, you may wish to read the
<b>whole</b> contents of the line into a synonym, which may be done
using the `<font color="#82140F"><code>read line</code></font>' command instead, to read it in as a string.
(see <a href="Read.html#ReadLine">Read Line</a>).
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If the input file is in the netCDF format, the
indicated item will be read.  For example, 
`<font color="#82140F"><code>read \time:_MissingValue</code></font>' reads the missing value for the variable
called `<font color="#82140F"