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TheyCallMeTim13: moved readStringLocal to Lua:readStringLocal

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moved readStringLocal to Lua:readStringLocal

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2017-07-04T09:23:50Z

TheyCallMeTim13 at 21:34, 19 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 13:40, 19 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 01:57, 11 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13: /* Related Functions */

2017-03-10T00:56:54Z

‎Related Functions

TheyCallMeTim13 at 05:16, 9 March 2017

2017-03-09T05:16:35Z

TheyCallMeTim13: Created page with ''''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'') Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string. ==…'

2017-03-09T01:55:53Z

Created page with ''''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'') Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string. ==…'

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'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'')

Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string.

===Function Parameters===
{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
!align="left"|Parameter
!align="left"|Type
!style="width: 80%;background-color:white;" align="left"|Description
|-
|Address
|[[CEAddressString]] or Integer
|The address to read
|-
|Maxlength
|Integer
|The maximum number of characters to read. If the string does not have a 0-terminator this will be the length of the string returned
|-
|isWideString
|Boolean
|Determines if this string is read out as a widestring or a normal ascii string
|}

== See also ==
* [[Lua]]
* [[Help_File:Script engine|Script engine]]

=== Related Functions ===
* [[readBytes]]
* [[readInteger]]
* [[readQword]]
* [[readPointer]]
* [[readFloat]]
* [[readDouble]]
* [[readString]]
* [[writeBytes]]
* [[writeInteger]]
* [[writeQword]]
* [[writeFloat]]
* [[writeDouble]]
* [[writeString]]
* [[readBytesLocal]]
* [[readIntegerLocal]]
* [[readQwordLocal]]
* [[readPointerLocal]]
* [[readFloatLocal]]
* [[readDoubleLocal]]
* [[writeBytesLocal]]
* [[writeIntegerLocal]]
* [[writeQwordLocal]]
* [[writeFloatLocal]]
* [[writeDoubleLocal]]
* [[writeStringLocal]]
* [[wordToByteTable]]
* [[dwordToByteTable]]
* [[qwordToByteTable]]
* [[floatToByteTable]]
* [[doubleToByteTable]]
* [[stringToByteTable]]
* [[wideStringToByteTable]]
* [[byteTableToWord]]
* [[byteTableToDword]]
* [[byteTableToQword]]
* [[byteTableToFloat]]
* [[byteTableToDouble]]
* [[byteTableToString]]
* [[byteTableToWideString]]

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''MaxLength'', [''WideChar'']) ''':''' String
+{{CodeBox|'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''MaxLength'', [''WideChar'']) ''':''' String}}
 Reads a string from the specified address in Cheat Engine's own process memory (not the target process) until a 0-terminator is encountered.

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 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'') ''':''' string
+'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''MaxLength'', [''WideChar'']) ''':''' String
-Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string.
+Reads a string from the specified address in Cheat Engine's own process memory (not the target process) until a 0-terminator is encountered.
+The maximum number of characters to read is limited by ''MaxLength'' to prevent freezing.
-Note: The bytes read are from the Cheat Engine process instead of the targeted process.
+Set ''WideChar'' to true if the string is encoded using widechar (UTF-16/Unicode) formatting.
 ===Function Parameters===
-{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellpadding="5%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
+{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
 !align="left"|Parameter
 !align="left"|Type
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 |-
 |Address
-|[[CEAddressString]] or Integer
+|Integer or [[CEAddressString]]
-|The address to read
+|The address in Cheat Engine's memory to read from.
 |-
-|Maxlength
+|MaxLength
 |Integer
-|The maximum number of characters to read. If the string does not have a 0-terminator this will be the length of the string returned
+|The maximum number of characters to read (prevents infinite loops).
 |-
-|isWideString
+|WideChar
-|Boolean
+|Boolean (optional)
-|Determines if this string is read out as a widestring or a normal ascii string
+|Set to true to read as a widechar (UTF-16/Unicode) string. Default is false (ASCII/ANSI).
 |}
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}

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 * [[utf8ToAnsi]]
 * [[translate]]
-* [[readBytes]]
+{{ReadWriteMemory}}

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−	~~== See also ==~~	+	{{LuaSeeAlso}}
−	* [[Lua]]
−	* [[Help_File:Script engine\|Script engine]]

	=== Related Functions ===		=== Related Functions ===

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	'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'') ''':''' string		'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'') ''':''' string

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−	'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'')	+	'''function''' readStringLocal(''Address'', ''Maxlength'', ''isWideString'') ''':''' string

	Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string.		Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string.

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 === Related Functions ===
 * [[readBytes]]
 * [[readInteger]]

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	Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string.		Reads the bytes at the given address, in Cheat Engine's memory, and interprets them as a string.
		+
		+	Note: The bytes read are from the Cheat Engine process instead of the targeted process.

	===Function Parameters===		===Function Parameters===