Client::readChar()\ net \ Language (API) \ Processing 1.0
Author: Casey Reas & Ben Fry
Description: Processing is an electronic sketchbook for developing ideas. It is a context for learning fundamentals of computer programming within the context of the electronic arts.
Keywords: Processing, Processing, Interactive Media, Electronic Arts, Programming, Java, Ben Fry, Casey Reas

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Class | Client
Name | ### readChar()
Examples |
    // Example by Tom Igoe

    import processing.net.*;
    Client myClient;
    char charIn;

    void setup() {
      size(200, 200);
      myClient = new Client(this, "127.0.0.1", 5204);
    }

    void draw() {
      if (myClient.available() > 0) {
        charIn = myClient.readChar();
        println(dataIn);
      }
    }
Description | Returns the next byte in the buffer as a char. Returns -1 or 0xffff if nothing is there.
Syntax |
    client.readChar()
Parameters |
client | any variable of type Client
Returns | char
Usage | Application

Updated on June 14, 2010 12:05:29pm EDT