Function extract_strings

src/textcode/strings2.py:72–87

Yield unicode strings (ASCII and UTF-16-LE encoded ASCII) from a buf string of binary data. :param buf: A bytestring. :type buf: str :param n: The minimum length of strings to extract. :type n: int :rtype: Sequence[string]

(buf, n=3)

def extract_strings(buf, n=3):
    """
    Yield unicode strings (ASCII and UTF-16-LE encoded ASCII) from a buf string
    of binary data.

    :param buf: A bytestring.
    :type buf: str
    :param n: The minimum length of strings to extract.
    :type n: int
    :rtype: Sequence[string]
    """
    for s in extract_ascii_strings(buf):
        yield s

    for s in extract_unicode_strings(buf):
        yield s