Method Stdio.Buffer()->read_hstring()
- Method read_hstring
string(8bit) read_hstring(int(0..) n, void|int offset)
- Description
Identical in functionality to read(read_number(n)) but faster.
Read a network byte order number of size n*8 bits, then return the indicated number of bytes as a string.
offset is substracted from the specified length prior to reading the string. Typical usage involves substracting n to account for the room used by the size.
If there is not enough data available return 0.
Note that pike string can not be longer than 0x7fffffff bytes (~2Gb).