# How to use \`readdlm\` to read in a Matrix{Char}

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**Category:** General Usage\
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**Created:** [December 4, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-readdlm-to-read-in-a-matrix-char/123464 "2024-12-04T17:08:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-use-readdlm-to-read-in-a-matrix-char/123464/3 "2024-12-04T19:40:28Z")

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> [@How to read a textfile directly as \`Matrix{Char}\`](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-to-read-a-textfile-directly-as-matrix-char/107070):
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> it’s that time of the year again, say we have: 467..114.. ...\*...... ..35..633. ......#... 617\*...... .....+.58. ..592..... ......755. ...$.\*.... .664.598.. in a file, and we want: julia\> mapreduce(permutedims∘collect, vcat, readlines("./a.txt")) 10×10 Matrix{Char}: '4' '6' '7' '.' '.' '1' '1' '4' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '\*' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '3' '5' '.' '.' '6' '3' '3' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '.' '#' '.' '.' '.' '6' '1' '7' '\*' '.' '.' …

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