decode-external-string

decode-external-string Function

Summary

Decodes a binary vector to make a string.

Package

external-format

Signature

decode-external-string vector external-format &key start end => string

Arguments

`vector`⇩	A binary vector.
`external-format`⇩	An external format spec.
`start`⇩, `end`⇩	Bounding index designators of `vector`.

Values

string⇩

A string.

Description

The function decode-external-string decodes the integers in the part of the vector vector bounded by start and end using encoding external-format to make a string string.

The element type of vector does not need to match the external-format-foreign-type of external-format.

Compatibility notes

This function exists in LispWorks 5.0 but is not documented and does not take the :start and :end arguments. Also, it was inefficient prior to LispWorks 5.0.1.