Ruby

Receive a Single Byte from a Socket

Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveByte, which reads exactly one byte and stores its numeric value in the ReceivedInt property. The argument selects signed or unsigned interpretation.

Background. Fixed-size integers and length prefixes are common building blocks for application-defined binary protocols. Byte order is selectable, with big-endian being network byte order.

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require 'chilkat'

success = false

socket = Chilkat::CkSocket.new()

#  Connect to the server using TLS.
bTls = true
maxWaitMs = 5000
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
if (success == false)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

#  Read exactly one byte.  Its numeric value is stored in the ReceivedInt property.  Passing true
#  interprets the byte as unsigned (0 through 255); false interprets it as signed.
bUnsigned = true
success = socket.ReceiveByte(bUnsigned)
if (success == false)
    print socket.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "Received byte value: " + socket.get_ReceivedInt().to_s() + "\n";