Serial.parseFloat()

Description

Serial.parseFloat() returns the first valid floating point number from the Serial buffer. parseFloat() is terminated by the first character that is not a floating point number. The function terminates if it times out (see Serial.setTimeout()).

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

Syntax

Serial.parseFloat()
Serial.parseFloat(lookahead)
Serial.parseFloat(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 a floating point number. Allowed data types: LookaheadMode. Allowed lookahead values:

• SKIP_ALL: all characters other than a minus sign, decimal point, or digits are ignored when scanning the stream for a floating point number. This is the default mode.

• SKIP_NONE: Nothing is skipped, and the stream is not touched unless the first waiting character is valid.

• SKIP_WHITESPACE: Only tabs, spaces, line feeds, and carriage returns are skipped.

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

Returns

Data type: float.

See also

• LANGUAGE stream()

• LANGUAGE Stream.parseFloat()