Serial.parseInt()

Description

Looks for the next valid integer in the incoming serial. The function terminates if it times out (see Serial.setTimeout()).

Serial.parseInt() inherits from the Stream utility class.

In particular:

Syntax

Serial.parseInt()
Serial.parseInt(lookahead)
Serial.parseInt(lookahead, ignore)

Parameters

Serial: serial port object. See the list of available serial ports for each board on the Serial main page.
lookahead: the mode used to look ahead in the stream for an integer. Allowed data types: LookaheadMode. Allowed lookahead values:

ignore: used to skip the indicated char in the search. Used for example to skip thousands divider. Allowed data types: char

Returns

The next valid integer. Data type: long.

See also