Available on: atari, coco
See also: GET MESSAGE
Alias: DOJO PEEK MESSAGE

PEEK MESSAGE

The PEEK MESSAGE statement lets you know whether or not a message is present on a given port (and channel). If it is present, it returns TRUE, otherwise it returns FALSE. If it is, you can retrieve the message using the GET MESSAGE command. Note that the keyword MESSAGE can be omitted.

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SYNTAX

 [DOJO] PEEK [MESSAGE]( port[, channel] )


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  • id : identifier
  • type : datatype
  • v : value
  • "..." : string
  • [...] : optional

EXAMPLE

 IF PEEK MESSAGE( myPort ) THEN: PRINT "there are messages!": ENDIF


ABBREVIATION: PkMa

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