Buffer.readstring

Available since: Gideros 2025.1
Class: buffer_luau

Description

Reads a string of length count from the buffer at the specified offset.

(string) = buffer.readstring(b,offset,count)

Parameters

b: (buffer) the buffer
offset: (number) offset from the beginning of the buffer memory, starting from 0
count: (number) length to read

Return values

Returns (string) the string from the buffer

Example

-- used to read a string of length ‘count’ from the buffer at specified offset
local offset3 = 6
local count = buffer.len(b)-offset3
print(buffer.readstring(b, offset3, count))

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