[REBOL] Re: Encryption
From: tomc:darkwing:uoregon at: 8-Sep-2003 10:17
On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Matt MacDonald wrote:
> Ok, good enough. So if I'm understanding correctly. I should be able to
> have 2 binary ports. One sending and one receiving. Then send the data
> through the sending port (as binary) and recieve it on the recieving port.
> Then change it to string and parse it from there. Here is what is happening
> though:
>
> I send a simple message "Hi"
> i have to do 2 reads on the recieving port, which returns 72 and 105 - both
> integers. So my question is then, why do I get integers instead of binary
> data, and if I need to deal with integers and somehow convert them to
> characters, how do I know when to stop reading from the recieving port?
the 72 & 105 are the ASCCI values for the chars H & i
>> to-char 72
== #"H"
>> to-char 105
== #"i"
