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Class

Client

Name

available()
Examples
import processing.net.*; 
Client myClient;
int dataIn; 

void setup() {
  size(200, 200);
  // Connect to the local machine at port 5204.
  // This example will not run if you haven't
  // previously started a server on this port.
  myClient = new Client(this, "127.0.0.1", 5204);
}

void draw() {
  if (myClient.available() > 0) {
    dataIn = myClient.read();
  }
  background(dataIn);
}
Description Returns the number of bytes available. When any client has bytes available from the server, it returns the number of bytes.
Syntax
client.available()
Parameters
client Client: any variable of type Client
Returnsint
Updated on January 21, 2019 10:05:14am EST

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