Results for “Strings & byte buffers”
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Normalize equivalent Unicode strings
Python: Normalize to NFC before comparing canonically equivalent text.
Python✓ Tested
Pack two small values into one byte
Arduino / C: Mask each four-bit value before combining it.
Arduino / C✓ Tested
Read a big-endian integer from bytes
Java: Set a byte order explicitly when handling a binary protocol.
Java✓ Tested
Read a big-endian integer from bytes
Read a big-endian integer from bytes using a complete Go program with explicit sample inputs.
Go✓ Tested
Read a byte lookup table from flash
Arduino / C: PROGMEM tables require the AVR program-memory access functions.
Arduino / C✓ Tested
Read a byte prefix
Linux Commands: Use GNU head -c for a fixed number of bytes, independent of line boundaries.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Read a byte suffix
Linux Commands: Use GNU tail -c to extract a fixed-size ending.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Read a file length in bytes
Java: Files.size inspects metadata without loading the file into a Java string.
Java✓ Tested
Read a file size in bytes
Python: Use stat().st_size to read the logical byte length without loading the file.
Python✓ Tested
Read a file size in bytes
PowerShell: The Length property of a file item reports its logical byte size.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Read a little-endian integer from bytes
Read a little-endian integer from bytes in a complete Rust program using the standard library.
Rust✓ Tested
Read bytes from a chosen file offset
C: Check fseek before reading so an unsupported or invalid seek is not ignored.
C✓ Tested