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

    // Creates a client that listens for input until it gets a
    // linefeed and then throws the rest of the input away

    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);
        // Read input until we get a byte of value 10 (ASCII linefeed):
        inString = myClient.readStringUntil(interesting);
        println(inString);
        // Throw away the rest of the input:
        myClient.clear();
      }
    }
Description | Empty the buffer, removes all the data stored there.
Syntax |
    client.clear()
Parameters |
client | any variable of type Client
Returns | None
Usage | Application

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