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Stream.find()

Description

find() reads data from the stream until the target is found. The function returns true if target is found, false if timed out (see Stream.setTimeout()).

This function is part of the Stream class, and can be called by any class that inherits from it (Wire, Serial, etc). See the stream class main page for more information.

Syntax

stream.find(target)
stream.find(target, length)

Parameters

stream: an instance of a class that inherits from Stream.
target: the string to search for. Allowed data types: char.
length: length of the target. Allowed data types: size_t.

Returns

Data type: bool.