Operator Reference
read_io_channel (Operator)
read_io_channel — Read a value from the specified I/O channels.
Signature
read_io_channel( : : IOChannelHandle : Value, Status)
Description
read_io_channel reads input values from the specified
transmission channels. The channels are passed in
IOChannelHandle and can be opened and configured by
open_io_channel, the values are returned in
Value. The parameter Status returns for each read
value in Value a quality message. The value 0
indicates that the corresponding value of Value could be
read. Any other status value depends on the interface. Please refer
to the interface-specific documentation in the directory
doc/html/reference/io for further explanation.
Execution Information
- Multithreading type: reentrant (runs in parallel with non-exclusive operators).
- Multithreading scope: global (may be called from any thread).
- Processed without parallelization.
Parameters
IOChannelHandle (input_control) io_channel(-array) → (handle)
Handles of the opened I/O channels.
Value (output_control) tuple-array → (integer / real / string / handle)
Read value.
Status (output_control) integer-array → (integer)
Status of read value.
Result
If the parameters are valid, the operator
read_io_channel returns the value 2 (
H_MSG_TRUE)
. If necessary an
exception is raised. In this case, an extended error information may be
set and can be queried with the operator get_extended_error_info.
Possible Predecessors
open_io_channel,
set_io_channel_param
Possible Successors
See also
write_io_channel,
query_io_device,
set_io_channel_param
Module
Foundation