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DLL Talk / Significance of number returned when 'net get int' is used when an int was not put? Multisync

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Aralox
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Posted: 13th Jul 2010 12:01 Edited at: 13th Jul 2010 12:03
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When i net get an int without first net putting one in, i get 23144336. Just out of curiosity, what is this number?

EDIT: float seems to do it as well, and im sure other data types do as well (except string, got a blank with that)

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Benjamin
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Posted: 13th Jul 2010 15:32
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No significance.
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Aralox
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Posted: 13th Jul 2010 15:44 Edited at: 13th Jul 2010 15:45
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lol really? so theres no danger in calling it again and again? Ive found a way to take advantage of it in my program, by* using that massive number to detect that no more data is coming through. Its probably inefficient and can lead to some annoying bugs later, but for now its a good quick fix .

PS: thanks for the plugin! ive found it very useful, and immensely helpful in easing beginners to networking (like me) into the field.

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KISTech
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Posted: 13th Jul 2010 20:05
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The only problem with that, is the number going to be the same every time? and on every machine?

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Aralox
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Posted: 14th Jul 2010 03:05
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i tried it a few times, and its the same on mine (theres a few variations, like calling a float gets you a tiny number). but yeah on the whole its unreliable

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Benjamin
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Posted: 14th Jul 2010 07:53
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Generally you you should know how big each message is anyway, either by creating a list of message formats or by using the command to get the message size. Don't rely on some random number returned to be consistent across multiple machines.
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Aralox
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Posted: 14th Jul 2010 09:57
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ahh thats a much better command. didnt see that before, ill use net get message size and remainder now. thanks

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