TEncoding.GetString function

Member of TEncodingpublicIn unit sysutils

Return a string based on an array of bytes.

Declaration

pascal

function GetString(const Bytes: TBytes): UnicodeString; overload
function GetString(const Bytes: TBytes; ByteIndex: Integer; 
 ByteCount: Integer): UnicodeString; overload

Description

GetString will return a Unicode string, created from the bytes in the Bytes array. The bytes array will be interpreted according to the encoding which the TEncoding represents.

If ByteIndex and ByteCount are specified, only the ByteCount bytes starting at position ByteIndex will be converted.

Errors

In case of invalid bytes, an EEncodingError exception may be raised.

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