Function getStringsFromData

lldb_commands/ds.py:881–915

(_data, outputCount=0)

    return (indeces, stringList, descriptions)

def getStringsFromData(_data, outputCount=0):
    indeces = []
    stringList = []
    target = getTarget()

    #  Hack, f it
    if outputCount == 1:
        err = lldb.SBError()
        val = target.EvaluateExpression('(char *){}'.format(_data.GetAddress(err, 0)), genExpressionOptions())
        print(val)

    #  Force conversion of "unknown" data to known of char**
    t = target.GetBasicType(lldb.eBasicTypeChar).GetPointerType()
    data = _data

    vl = target.CreateValueFromData("__ds_unused", _data, t)
    if not vl.IsValid():
        print("SBValue not valid")
        return (indeces, stringList)

    dataArray = data.sint8
    marker = 0

    for index, x in enumerate(dataArray):
        if outputCount != 0 and len(stringList) > outputCount:
            break
        if x == 0:
            indeces.append(marker)
            stringList.append(''.join([chr(i) for i in dataArray[marker:index]]))
            marker = index + 1
    if len(stringList) == 0:
        stringList.append(''.join([chr(i) for i in data.sint8]))
        indeces.append(0)

    return (indeces, stringList)