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NetConnect
Format
netconnect server_name, port_number
netconnect ( server_name, port_number )
netconnect socket_number, server_name, port_number
netconnect ( socket_number, server_name, port_number )
Description
Open a network connection (client) to a server. The IP address or host name of a server are specified in the server_name argument, and the specific network port number in the port_number argument. If socket_number is not specified socket number zero (0) will be used.
Example
Open two instances of BASIC-256 on a single computer. Paste the “server” code into one and the “client” code into the other. Run the server first and the client second. You can see how the messages are sent back and forth between the two different processes.
Server Code
# get a message and send back success
print "wait for connection"
netlisten 9997
print "got connection"
do
while not netdata
pause .1
print ".";
end while
n$ = netread
print n$
netwrite "I got '" + n$ + "'."
until n$ = "end"
netclose
will display
wait for connection got connection .1 Hi There ....2 Hi There ........3 Hi There ..........4 Hi There .....5 Hi There .......6 Hi There ....7 Hi There ..........8 Hi There ....9 Hi There .....10 Hi There .end
Client Code
# have the user enter a message and send it to the server input "enter message?", m$ netconnect "127.0.0.1", 9997 for t = 1 to 10 pause rand netwrite t + " " + m$ print netread next t netwrite "end" print netread netclose
will display
enter message?Hi There I got '1 Hi There'. I got '2 Hi There'. I got '3 Hi There'. I got '4 Hi There'. I got '5 Hi There'. I got '6 Hi There'. I got '7 Hi There'. I got '8 Hi There'. I got '9 Hi There'. I got '10 Hi There'. I got 'end'.
See Also
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