String.pack

Available since: Gideros 2022.1
Class: string

Description

Returns a binary string containing the provided arguments. The description in the first argument, which must be a string, determines the way the remaining arguments are packed. <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> (string) = string.pack(format,s1,s2,...) </source>

Parameters

format: (string) determines the way the strings are packed
s1: (string) string to pack
s2: (string) string to pack
...: (string) string to pack

Return values

Returns (string) the packed string

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