# GrapeCity.Documents.Common.BigEndianBinaryReader.ReadBytes

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Common_BigEndianBinaryReader_ReadBytes_" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Common.BigEndianBinaryReader.ReadBytes*">ReadBytes Method
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<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Reads the specified number of bytes from the current stream into a byte array and advances the current position by that number of bytes.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public byte[] ReadBytes(int count)</code></pre>
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  <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Function ReadBytes(count As Integer) As Byte()</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">count</span></td>
      <td><p>The number of bytes to read. This value must be 0 or a non-negative number or an exception will occur.</p>
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<h5 class="returns">Returns</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.byte">byte</a>[]</td>
      <td><p>A byte array containing data read from the underlying stream. This might be less than the number of bytes requested if the end of the stream is reached.</p>
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