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# readLinesWith

> For the full documentation index, see: https://docs.mulesoft.com/llms.txt

## readLinesWith(content: Binary, charset: String): Array<String>

Splits the specified binary content into lines and returns the results in an array.

_Introduced in DataWeave version 2.2.0._

### Parameters

<table><colgroup><col> <col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><p><code>content</code></p></td><td><p>Binary data to read and split.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><code>charset</code></p></td><td><p>String representing the encoding to read.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Example

This example transforms binary content, which is separated into new lines (`\n`), in a
comma-separated array.

#### Source

```DataWeave
%dw 2.0
import * from dw::core::Binaries
var content = read("Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3\nLine 4\nLine 5\n", "application/octet-stream")
output application/json
---
{
   lines : (content readLinesWith "UTF-8"),
   showType: typeOf(content)
}
```

#### Output

```JSON
{
   "lines": [ "Line 1", "Line 2", "Line 3", "Line 4", "Line 5" ],
   "showType": "Binary"
}
```