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Name |  | ### serial
Examples |  |
    int val;

    void setup() {
      beginSerial();
    }

    void loop() {
      // Set the background to the value in val
      background(val);
    }

    void serialEvent() {
      // Initializes the variable val with the
      // last value readed by the serial port
      val = serial;
    }
Description |  | Always contains the most recent data that has been written to the port.
Syntax |  |
    serial
Parameters |  |
Returns |  | None
Usage |  | Application
Related |  | beginSerial() endSerial() serialWrite() serialEvent() serialBuffer()

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