SocketWaitNext
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SocketWaitNext
waits until there is data ready to read on any of the socketi, then returns that socket.
Examples
Basic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
Connect to a site 5 times and measure how long it takes for the first connection to be ready:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-zdek9n
Write a request out on all the sockets and measure how long it takes for at least one of them to get back a request:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-69sahc


https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-bniqpz
Open a server socket and connect some clients to it:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-tyu41j
Initially, none of the clients are ready:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-b9047s

Write data to a random client from the server in the local session after a delay of 3 seconds:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-xdtjl4

Read the data sent to the client once it has been submitted:

https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-50wlzg


https://wolfram.com/xid/0iw97fkk2g4rq06-shtci8
Wolfram Research (2017), SocketWaitNext, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html.
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Wolfram Research (2017), SocketWaitNext, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html.
Wolfram Research (2017), SocketWaitNext, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2017. "SocketWaitNext." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html.
Wolfram Language. 2017. "SocketWaitNext." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2017). SocketWaitNext. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html
Wolfram Language. (2017). SocketWaitNext. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_socketwaitnext, author="Wolfram Research", title="{SocketWaitNext}", year="2017", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html}", note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2025_socketwaitnext, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={SocketWaitNext}, year={2017}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/SocketWaitNext.html}, note=[Accessed: 21-February-2025
]}