Name
RECEIVE CHAR
Receives a character of text on a channel. Specify a
timeout
in milliseconds as the maximum
amount of time to wait for input, or set to 0
to wait infinitely. Note that most
channels do not support the reception of text.
Return values:
-1 (hangup)
Failure or hangup
char
(timeout)
Timeout
value
ASCII value of character, in decimal
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