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

    import processing.serial.*;

    Serial myPort;  // The serial port:

    void setup() {
      // List all the available serial ports:
      printArray(Serial.list());
      // Open the port you are using at the rate you want:
      myPort = new Serial(this, Serial.list()[0], 9600);

    }

    void draw() {
      while (myPort.available() > 0) {
        char inByte = myPort.readChar();
        println(inByte);
      }
    }
Description | Returns the next byte in the buffer as a char. Returns -1 or 0xffff if nothing is there.
Syntax |
    serial.readChar()
Parameters |
serial | Serial: any variable of type Serial
Returns | char

Updated on January 1, 2021 03:38:10am EST
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