Re: [Vala] string <-> bytes conversion in Vala

[Frederik <scumm_fredo gmx net>]

On 12/23/2010 09:37 AM, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I manipulate with strings in my application such as storing/reading
> to/from binary files. And I need to convert a string to/from array of
> bytes. What is the best way of doing it in Vala?
>
> Looking into string class http://valadoc.org/glib-2.0/string.html I
> see a method called string#to_utf8() that converts string to array of
> chars. But I cannot find any other methods.

The '.data' property of a string gives you the string as byte array
(uint8[]).


Best regards,

Frederik