hey guys ! IŽm pretty nu to haskell, and i got the following things to do: code a client in python that sends string ->done code a server in haskell that recieves string -> to do... i initialized the server, set up a socket on port 9900, so the socket is allready open... First i read the string with hGetLine: loop socket = do (handle, host, port) <- accept socket forkIO (client handle) loop socket client handle = do query <- hGetLine handle this worked pretty good. Now my Tutor said, I should code this whole thing with hGetChar instead of hGetLine... I ainŽt got the clue of an clue how to manage this... I worked something out like: client handle = do query <- hGetChar handle if query = [] then return(0) else let list = list ++ query I donŽt know where the string is stored in the handle, and how to read it out...I mean, I canŽt use stuff like query handle <- hGetChar(firstfrom:query handle)... Please Help Me !!!