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If you specify a %var variable, a line of text ending with a Carriage Return/LineFeed is read into %var. The $crlf are stripped off (this may result in %var being $null if the line only consisted of $crlf).
 
If you specify a %var variable, a line of text ending with a Carriage Return/LineFeed is read into %var. The $crlf are stripped off (this may result in %var being $null if the line only consisted of $crlf).
  
If you specify a &binvar then [numbytes] of info is read into the binary variable. If no [numbytes] is specified it defaults to 4096 bytes.
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If you specify the -f switch with a %var variable, this forces mIRC to fill the %var variable with whatever text is in the receive buffer, even if it doesn't end in a $crlf.
  
If you specify the -f switch with a %var variable, this forces mIRC to fill the %var variable with whatever text is in the receive buffer, even if it doesn't end in a $crlf.
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If you specify a &binvar then [numbytes] of info is read into the binary variable. If no [numbytes] is specified it defaults to 4096 bytes. The &binvar is unset before filling it with the read data.
  
 
The -n switch allows you to read a $crlf terminated line into a &binvar. If the incoming line does not contain a $crlf, no bytes will be read into &binvar, unless you specify the -f switch, which forces the read (same as when reading into %vars).
 
The -n switch allows you to read a $crlf terminated line into a &binvar. If the incoming line does not contain a $crlf, no bytes will be read into &binvar, unless you specify the -f switch, which forces the read (same as when reading into %vars).
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Example:
 
Example:
This example shows you how you should process a sockread event. The socket has already been opened and has received information, so the sockread event is triggered. The socket name is testing. There is an explanation of each step below the sample script.
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This example shows you how you should process a sockread event. The socket has already been opened and has received information, so the sockread event is triggered. The socket name is testing.
  
 
  on 1:sockread:testing:{
 
  on 1:sockread:testing:{
 
   ;when a sockerror occured, return
 
   ;when a sockerror occured, return
 
   if ($sockerr > 0) return
 
   if ($sockerr > 0) return
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  ;start the loop to be able to sockread multiple times
 
   while (1) {
 
   while (1) {
 
     sockread %temp
 
     sockread %temp
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  }
 
  }
  
=== See also ===
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== See also ==
 
* [[on sockread]]
 
* [[on sockread]]
  
 
[[Category:Socket]]
 
[[Category:Socket]]
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[[Category:Commands]]

Latest revision as of 19:26, 30 January 2011

/sockread [-fn] [numbytes] <%var|&binvar>

The /sockread command reads bytes from the receive buffer into the specified variable.

If you specify a %var variable, a line of text ending with a Carriage Return/LineFeed is read into %var. The $crlf are stripped off (this may result in %var being $null if the line only consisted of $crlf).

If you specify the -f switch with a %var variable, this forces mIRC to fill the %var variable with whatever text is in the receive buffer, even if it doesn't end in a $crlf.

If you specify a &binvar then [numbytes] of info is read into the binary variable. If no [numbytes] is specified it defaults to 4096 bytes. The &binvar is unset before filling it with the read data.

The -n switch allows you to read a $crlf terminated line into a &binvar. If the incoming line does not contain a $crlf, no bytes will be read into &binvar, unless you specify the -f switch, which forces the read (same as when reading into %vars).

Note: A single /sockread may not be enough to read the entire buffer. You should keep reading until $sockbr (bytes read) is set to zero. This is far faster than letting mIRC re-trigger the event. If your script doesn't read the whole buffer, the on sockread event is re-triggered if: a) you were reading into a &binvar. b) you were reading into a %var and there is still a $crlf terminated line in the buffer waiting to be read.

Example: This example shows you how you should process a sockread event. The socket has already been opened and has received information, so the sockread event is triggered. The socket name is testing.

on 1:sockread:testing:{
  ;when a sockerror occured, return
  if ($sockerr > 0) return
  ;start the loop to be able to sockread multiple times
  while (1) {
    sockread %temp
    ;when nothing is read, the buffer was empty, so we return
    if ($sockbr == 0) return
    echo -ag sockread: %temp
  }
}

See also