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mostStringToAscii

Valid for: CANoe DE

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Function Syntax

long mostStringToAscii(byte sourceData[], long sourceDatalen, char buffer[], long buffersize);

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Description

Convert MOST string to ASCII string. Unsupported characters in the input data are ignored. Note: Supported encodings:
  • 0x00: Unicode, UTF16
  • 0x01: ISO 8859/15 8 bit
  • 0x02: Unicode, UTF8
  • 0x03: RDS
  • 0x04: DAB Charset 0001
  • 0x05: DAB Charset 0010
  • 0x06: DAB Charset 0011
  • 0x07: SHIFT_JIS

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Parameters

  • sourceData: A buffer containing the MOST string to be decoded.
  • sourceDataLen: The size of the buffer containing the MOST string.
  • buffer: Buffer to which the ASCII string is copied.
  • bufferSize: Maximum number of copied ASCII string bytes (can be specified with elcount(buffer)).

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Return Values

  • >= 0: number of converted characters
  • \< 0: See error codes

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Example

byte data[9] = {0x00,0x00,0x61,0x00,0x62,0x00,0x63,0x00,0x00);
char buffer[200];
if(0 < mostStringToAscii(data, elcount(data), buffer, elcount(buffer)))
    write("ASCII: %s", buffer);
Output: 
ASCII: abc