function ByteString(Obs)
local New = ""
local Array = {}
for i = 1, string.len(Obs) do
New = New..string.byte(string.sub(Obs,i,i)).."\\"
end
New = string.sub(New,1,string.len(New)-1)
return(New) -- will return 116\101\115\116
end
local a = (ByteString("test"))
Decode(a) --any way to make this decode it and print it as normal letters?
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how to decode bytestring/bytecode inside a variable?
1 answer
✓ Accepted answer
Combine gsub with char (and tonumber)
function unbyte(s)
return s:gsub("(%d+)\\?", function(s) string.char(tonumber(s)) end)
end
Should be just about fine.
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