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TheyCallMeTim13: moved wideStringToByteTable to Lua:wideStringToByteTable

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moved wideStringToByteTable to Lua:wideStringToByteTable

Igromanru at 09:28, 4 July 2017

2017-07-04T09:28:26Z

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 21:35, 19 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 13:45, 19 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13 at 02:02, 11 March 2017

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TheyCallMeTim13: Created page with ''''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') Converts a string is encoded using a widechar formatting to a byte table. === Function Parameters === {|width="85%" cellpaddin…'

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Created page with ''''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') Converts a string is encoded using a widechar formatting to a byte table. === Function Parameters === {|width="85%" cellpaddin…'

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'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'')

Converts a string is encoded using a widechar formatting to a byte table.

=== 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
|-
|String
|string
|The widechar formated string to convert to a byte table
|}

== Examples ==
local bt = wideStringToByteTable('player.weapons.rifle')
bt[#bt + 1] = 0
bt[#bt + 1] = 0
writeBytes('00123ABC', bt)

Code:
local bt = wideStringToByteTable('test')
for i, v in ipairs(bt) do
print(i - 1, string.format('%02X', v))
end

Output:
0 74
1 00
2 65
3 00
4 73
5 00
6 74
7 00

== 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]]
* [[readStringLocal]]
* [[writeBytesLocal]]
* [[writeIntegerLocal]]
* [[writeQwordLocal]]
* [[writeFloatLocal]]
* [[writeDoubleLocal]]
* [[writeStringLocal]]
* [[wordToByteTable]]
* [[dwordToByteTable]]
* [[qwordToByteTable]]
* [[floatToByteTable]]
* [[doubleToByteTable]]
* [[stringToByteTable]]
* [[byteTableToWord]]
* [[byteTableToDword]]
* [[byteTableToQword]]
* [[byteTableToFloat]]
* [[byteTableToDouble]]
* [[byteTableToString]]
* [[byteTableToWideString]]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') ''':''' Table
+{{CodeBox|'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') ''':''' Table}}
 Converts a string to a wide string (UTF-16/Unicode) and then to a table of bytes.

@@ Line 17: / Line 17: @@
 ===Returns===
 Table — A table containing the bytes representing the wide string (UTF-16/Unicode).
 ===Examples===

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 [[Category:Lua]]
-'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') ''':''' table
+'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') ''':''' Table
-Converts a string is encoded using a widechar formatting to a byte table.
+Converts a string to a wide string (UTF-16/Unicode) and then to a table of bytes.
 ===Function Parameters===
-=== Function Parameters ===
+{|width="85%" cellpadding="10%" cellspacing="0" border="0"
 !align="left"|Parameter
 !align="left"|Type
@@ Line 12: / Line 11: @@
 |-
 |String
-|string
+|String
-|The widechar formated string to convert to a byte table
+|The string to convert to a wide string and then to a byte table.
 |}
-== Examples ==
+===Examples===
-  local bt = wideStringToByteTable('player.weapons.rifle')
+<pre>
-  bt[#bt + 1] = 0
+local bytes = wideStringToByteTable("ABC")
-  bt[#bt + 1] = 0
+for i, b in ipairs(bytes) do
-  writeBytes('00123ABC', bt)
+  print(string.format("Byte %d: %02X", i, b))
 end
+-- Output: 6 bytes representing "A", "B", "C" as UTF-16LE (e.g., 41 00 42 00 43 00)
-Code:
+</pre>
 {{LuaSeeAlso}}

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	=== Related Functions ===		=== Related Functions ===
		+	* [[ansiToUtf8]]
		+	* [[utf8ToAnsi]]
		+	* [[translate]]
	{{ReadWriteMemory}}		{{ReadWriteMemory}}

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

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

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

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		+	[[Category:Lua]]
	'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') ''':''' table		'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') ''':''' table

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:02, 11 March 2017
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−	'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'')	+	'''function''' wideStringToByteTable(''String'') ''':''' table

	Converts a string is encoded using a widechar formatting to a byte table.		Converts a string is encoded using a widechar formatting to a byte table.