readString.adoc

readString()

Description

Serial.readString() reads characters from the serial buffer into a string. The function terminates if it times out (see setTimeout()).

This function is part of the Stream class, and is called by any class that inherits from it (Wire, Serial, etc). See the Stream class main page for more information.

Syntax

Serial.readString()

Parameters

Nothing

Returns

A string read from the serial buffer

See also

• LANGUAGE Serial
  

• LANGUAGE begin()
  

• LANGUAGE end()
  

• LANGUAGE available()
  

• LANGUAGE read()
  

• LANGUAGE peek()
  

• LANGUAGE flush()
  

• LANGUAGE print()
  

• LANGUAGE println()
  

• LANGUAGE write()
  

• LANGUAGE SerialEvent()
  

• LANGUAGE Stream.parseFloat()