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Name

readString()

Class

Client

Description

Returns the all the data from the buffer as a String. In 4.0 beta 3, changed to using UTF-8 as the encoding, otherwise the behavior is platform‑dependent.

Examples

  • import processing.net.*; 
Client myClient; 
String inString;
byte interesting = 10;

void setup() { 
  size (300, 100);
  // Connect to the local machine at port 10002.
  // This example will not run if you haven't
  // previously started a server on this port.
  myClient = new Client(this, "127.0.0.1", 10002); 
} 

void draw() { 
  if (myClient.available() > 0) { 
    background(0); 
    inString = myClient.readString(); 
    println(inString); 
  }
}

Syntax

  • client.readString()

Parameters

  • client(Client) any variable of type Client

Return

  • String
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