alien>string ( c-ptr encoding -- string/f )
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Vocabulary
alien.strings

Inputs
c-ptra c-ptr
encodingan encoding descriptor


Outputs
string/fa string or f


Word description
Reads a null-terminated C string from the specified address with the given encoding.

See also
string>alien, malloc-string

Definition

GENERIC#: alien>string 1 ( c-ptr encoding -- string/f )


Methods