AdiIRC

_Added in 1.9.0_

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

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 a &binvar then [numbytes] of info is read into the binary variable. If no [numbytes] is specified it defaults to 4096 bytes.

*Switches*

table(ktable).

|*Switch*|*Description*|

| -f | Forces AdiIRC to fill the %var variable with whatever text is in the receive buffer, even if it does not end in a [[$crlf]]. |

| -n | 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). |

*Parameters*

table(ktable).

|*Parameter*|*Description*|

| [numbytes] | Number of bytes to read into &binvar. |

| &lt;%var<notextile>|</notextile>&binvar&gt; | %var or &binvar to read the data into. |