Strings with length in front of them

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MrFox

Joined: 17 Aug 2016
Posts: 52
Location: Russia

MrFox 29 Oct 2016, 13:37

Hi, I use strings formatted like:

Code:

S1 dw 5
S2 du 'Hello'

Is this string format already known or used somehow or is it just my silly invention? Embarassed

29 Oct 2016, 13:37

revolution
When all else fails, read the source

Joined: 24 Aug 2004
Posts: 20299
Location: In your JS exploiting you and your system

revolution 29 Oct 2016, 13:39

AKA - Pascal strings

29 Oct 2016, 13:39

MrFox

Joined: 17 Aug 2016
Posts: 52
Location: Russia

MrFox 29 Oct 2016, 13:43

Wow, thanks!

29 Oct 2016, 13:43

JohnFound

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 3499
Location: Bulgaria

JohnFound 29 Oct 2016, 18:57

Also, this is the format of the strings in FreshLib strings library. It uses a little bit more complex format because it handles dynamic strings.

29 Oct 2016, 18:57

redsock

Joined: 09 Oct 2009
Posts: 430
Location: Australia

redsock 29 Oct 2016, 20:34

And my HeavyThing string library: https://2ton.com.au/library_as_html/string32.inc.html

Must be a popular choice for a reason then Smile

29 Oct 2016, 20:34

Tomasz Grysztar

Joined: 16 Jun 2003
Posts: 8351
Location: Kraków, Poland

Tomasz Grysztar 29 Oct 2016, 20:48

redsock wrote:

Must be a popular choice for a reason then

Yeah, fasm also uses such string format in its internal tokenizers. And fasmg too.

29 Oct 2016, 20:48

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