.. highlightlang:: us

.. _mem_pack:

mem_pack
========

.. index:: mem_pack

.. us.tag  mem_pack ENGLISH mem New500

:ref:`mem_pack` converts a 16 bit string (UTF 16) to an 8 bit string.

.. function::  ssPacked = mem_pack(ssString)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

Is the byte string.

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: ssString

   *ssString* is a string.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   * m = "Hello"
   * mem_dump(m)
   00000000  48 00 65 00 6c 00 6c 00-6f 00                    H.e.l.l.-o
      10.0000 
   * mp = mem_pack(m)
   * mem_dump(mp)
   00000000  48 65 6c 6c 6f                                   Hello
       5.0000 

.. us.history

**History**

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Version
     - Description
   * - 5.0.0
     - New.

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-strings`,
   :ref:`mem_unpack`,
   :ref:`mem_dump`

:sub:`id-369558`