====== Receive Number ======

===== Description =====

Receives a number sent by an external application, such as an R script, through an opened communication session.

===== Inputs =====

None.

===== Optional Inputs =====

^ Name  ^ Type  ^ Description  ^ Default Value  ^
| Tag  | [[String Type]]  | Identifier used to match this number with the corresponding send call in the external application.  | Empty  |

===== Outputs =====

^ Name  ^ Type  ^ Description  ^
| Number  | [[Real Value Type]]  | Received number.  |

===== Group =====

[[Functor List#Integration | Integration]]

===== Notes =====

This functor blocks until the number is received.

Raises an error if no communication session is open.

See [[External Communication]] for how to open a session from an external application and exchange data with it.

===== Internal Name =====

ReceiveNumber