Core Function SSRead

SSRead( <message buffer>, <data type> )

Contents 1 Description 2 Parameters 2.1 <message buffer> 2.2 <data-type> 3 Return Value 4 Remarks 5 Example

Description

Read data from a message.

Parameters

<message buffer>

The message buffer to read from.

<data-type>

The type of data to read from the message buffer valid options are:

[CODE]		[TYPE]
"v"		Binary (Reads an Int32 for size then reads that many bytes)
"V"		Binary (Reads from current positoin to end of the buffer)
"b"		Byte (signed)
"B"		Byte (unsigned)
"s"		Int16
"i"		Int32
"l"		Int64
"S"		UInt16
"I"		UInt32
"L"		UInt64
"f"		Float
"d"		Double
"p"		String

Return Value

Success: Returns the data as requested.

Failure: Returns 0.

Remarks

This is NOT a generic socket toolset; You can't use this to connect to anything instead it is used to connect Sputnik clients with Sputnik servers in a very easy to use way.

Example

See the Listen() and Connect() for examples