<function name="WriteString" parent="net" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Appends a string to the current net message. The size of the string is 8 bits plus 8 bits for every ASCII character in the string. The maximum allowed length of a single written string is **65532 characters**.</description>⤶ <description>Appends a string to the current net message. The size of the written data is 8 bits for every ASCII character in the string + 8 bits for the null terminator.⤶ ⤶ The maximum allowed length of a single written string is **65532 characters**. (aka the limit of the net message itself)⤶ </description>⤶ <realm>Shared</realm> <args> <arg name="string" type="string">The string to be sent.</arg>⤶ <arg name="string" type="string">The string to be sent.⤶ ⤶ The input will be terminated at the first null byte if one is present. See <page>net.WriteData</page> if you wish to write binary data.</arg>⤶ </args> </function> <example> <description>Sends a message to all the clients.</description> <code> -- Server util.AddNetworkString( "SendMessage" ) net.Start( "SendMessage" ) net.WriteString( "Hello World!" ) net.Broadcast() -- Client net.Receive( "SendMessage", function( len ) local message = net.ReadString() chat.AddText( color_white, message ) end ) </code> </example>