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string.hexdump

String Core4 Lua Commands

SYNOPSIS

result = string.hexdump(data)

DESCRIPTION

Returns a string which contains a hexadecimal dump of the contents of data.

RETURN VALUE

String, ASCII text.

ERRORS

Passed data must be a string or a number, or else an error is thrown.

NOTES

This function is meant mainly for debugging purposes.

BUGS

Should call tostring() on non-string data.

EXAMPLE

print(string.hexdump("This is some text"))
00000000: 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 73 6F 6D 65 20 74 65 78 This is some tex 00000010: 74 t

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