mem_alloc

mem_alloc creates a scalar string of the given length.

ssString = mem_alloc(n)

ssString = mem_alloc(n, c)

Return Value

ssString is string with n bytes.

Parameters

n

n is the number of bytes of the string.

c

c is a string or number which is used to initialize the string. If c is a string only the first character is used. If c is a number, the number is converted to a 8-bit value.

Example

def GetCurrentDirectory()
{
    ret = RegisterFunction("KERNEL32", "GetCurrentDirectoryA",..
                     "uint", "_GetCurDir", ["uint", "char*"]);
    ssBuffer = mem_alloc(1024);
    _GetCurDir(1024, ssBuffer)
    return strtrim(ssBuffer);
}

History

Version	Description
5.0.0	???
4.2.0	New.

See also

Overview Strings, mem_len, strlen, mem_set, mem_get

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