Strunpack

strunpack

Description:

Function strunpack unpack a string.

This function name starts with a lowercase letter.

Parameters:

(dest[], const source[], maxlength = sizeof(dest))

string

dest

The destination string to save the unpacked string in, passed by reference.

string

source

The source, original packed string.

int

maxlength

The maximum size to insert.

Return Values:

The number of characters packed.

Examples:

Example 1

new string[17];
new pstring[17 char] = !"Hi, how are you?";
strunpack(string, pstring);

Related Functions

The following functions may be useful, as they are related to this function in one way or another.

• strlen: Get the length of a string.
• strpack: Pack a string. Packed strings use 75% less memory.
• strcat: Concatenates (joins together) two strings into the destination string.
• strmid: Extract a range of characters from a string.
• strins: Insert a string into another string.
• strdel: Delete part of a string.
• strcmp: Compares two strings to see if they are the same.
• strfind: Search for a sub string in a string.
• strval: Convert a string to an integer.
• valstr: Convert an integer into a string.
• ispacked: Checks if the given string is packed.
• uudecode: Decode an UU-encoded string.
• uuencode: Encode a string to an UU-decoded string.
• memcpy: Copy bytes from one location to another.