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# CAPLfunctionMOSTStringToAscii

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CAPL Function Overview » [MOST](../CAPLfunctionsMOSTOverview.md) » mostStringToAscii

# mostStringToAscii

[Valid for](../../../Shared/FeatureAvailability.md): CANoe DE

## Function Syntax

```plaintext theme={null}
long mostStringToAscii(byte sourceData[], long sourceDatalen, char buffer[], long buffersize);
```

## 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

## 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](../../Other/Functions/CAPLfunctionElCount.md)(buffer)).

## Return Values

* **>= 0**: number of converted characters
* **\\\< 0**: See [error codes](../CAPLfunctionsMOSTErrorCodes.md)

## Example

```plaintext theme={null}
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
```