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	| Class | Client | 
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		| Name | readString() | 
	
	
| 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); 
  }
} 
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		| Description | Returns the all the data from the buffer as a String. This method assumes the incoming characters are ASCII. If you want to transfer Unicode data, first convert the String to a byte stream in the representation of your choice (i.e. UTF8 or two-byte Unicode data), and send it as a byte array. | 
	| Syntax | client.readString() | 
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		| Parameters | 
| client | Client:  any variable of type Client | 
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	| Returns | String | 
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Updated on January 21, 2019 10:05:14am EST