readString.adoc

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Serial.readString()

readString()

Description

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

Serial.readString() inherits from the Stream utility class.

Syntax

Serial.readString()

Parameters

Serial: serial port object. See the list of available serial ports for each board on the Serial main page.

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 parseFloat()