String length

[Simon R]

Hi

How can I specify a string field with a known length? The string I am converting are c strings so the last char would have to be null.

Thanks
Simon

[Evan Wallace]

The byte[] type is able to store any byte sequence, including sequences that contain null bytes. Is that what you're looking for?

[Simon R]

Would syntax be like this

struct Project {
    byte[40] prj_version;
    byte[80] oldest_sxc;
    byte[298] rsc_ini_file;
    uint start_delay;
}

[Evan Wallace]

Arrays are variable-length in Kiwi and use the syntax byte[]. I see now that your original question was basically about fixed-length arrays. Kiwi doesn't support fixed-length arrays. The length in variable-length arrays has very low overhead (a single byte for arrays with 127 or fewer elements) so lack of fixed-length array support wasn't an issue for me.

[Simon R]

Sorry I am confused, I will close as not sure I am understand what this module is for.