Buffer.extract

Available since: Gideros 2025.2
Class: buffer_luau

Description

Extracts from a buffer.

(any) = buffer.extract(b,offset,count)

Parameters

b: (buffer) the buffer
offset: (number) offset from the beginning of the buffer memory, starting from 0
count: (number) length to extract

Return values

Returns (any) the extracted value from the buffer

Example

local mystr = "Hello Gideros!"
local b2 = buffer.fromstring(mystr)
print(buffer.extract(b2, 1, 5))

---

• buffer.copy
  
• buffer.create
  
• buffer.extract
  
• buffer.fill
  
• buffer.fromstring
  
• buffer.len
  
• buffer.read
  
• buffer.readstring
  
• buffer.resize
  
• buffer.setarrayaccess
  
• buffer.tostring
  
• buffer.write
  
• buffer.writestring
  

---

---

• Main Page
• Lua API
• Main API
• Plugins