Read string data from ethernet client

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Hi everyone.

I have an TCP/IP Ethernet client written in C- Sharp, and i have an Arduino TCP/IP Ethernet Server.
I have this small function, for returning data from client( in String format ).
When i sent data to Server for example: AAAA , the Serial monitor display this: AAAÿ , the last character of String will be this ÿ.( dosen't matter the length of String )
I don't know what is wrong in my code.

void loop()
{ 
  EthernetClient client = server.available();
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call my function
Serial.println( convertClientCommandToString( client ) );
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}//end loop
String convertClientCommandToString( EthernetClient client ) {
  
  String clientCommand;
  clientCommand= "";
  
  if (client.available() > 0) 
  {
    int h = client.available()+1; // length of the command ????
  
    for (int i = 0; i < h; i++)
    {
      clientCommand+= (char)client.read();
    }
    
    return clientCommand;
  }
  else
  {
    return "#";//no commands // command length == 1 ???
  }
}
2

The code reads more characters than are available because you tell it to:

   int h = client.available()+1; // length of the command ????

That Y-umlaut character is what you see when you call Serial.read() but its buffer is empty.

-br

3

Thanks your reply.
I erased the ' +1 ' from end of line. But now when i send 4 character to Server i got just 3,( i attached a picture )

    int h = client.available();

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4

Maybe all the characters have not arrived yet. I would use a terminating character to align the data, like a newline character, then read until you encounter it. Instead of sending the equivalent of client.print("AAAA"), use client.print("AAAA\n").

5

I got the problem, before i called the convertClientCommandToString(), i had called a char c = client.read() command, and it read the first character.