ToString(String) Method

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Visual Basic (Usage)
C#
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

Public Overloads Function ToString( _
   ByVal displayHint As String _
) As String

Dim instance As OctetString
Dim displayHint As String
Dim value As String
 
value = instance.ToString(displayHint)

public string ToString( 
   string displayHint
)

public: string* ToString( 
   string* displayHint
)

public:
String^ ToString( 
   String^ displayHint
)

Parameters

displayHint: A pattern indicating how the value should be displayed.

Return Value

A formatted string representation of the value.

The displayHint consists of any number of "octet-specifications" which contain five parts:

An optional repeat indicator ('*') which indicates how many times this octet-spec should be applied.
A length indicating how many bytes to read.
A format indicating how the bytes should be formatted.
An optional separator character to append to the end of the octet-spec.
An optional repeat terminator character to append after all repeats of the octet-spec.

The formatted value cannot end with a separator or a repeat terminator. If the end if the display-hint is reached without formatted the entire value, the last octet spec is applied as many times as necessary.

Here are some examples:

Encoded Value	Display Hint	Result
160 20 243 123	1x:	a0:14:f3:7b
20 10 9 3 11 45 32 8 43 2 30	2d-1d-1d,1d:1d:1d.1d,1a1d:1d	2010-9-3,11:45:32.8,+2:30
02 97 97 97 97 05 98 98 98 98 98 03 99 99 122 122 99 99 100 100	2a:!1a.$*2a-%1a	aa:aa!b.b.b.b.b$cc-zz-cc%dd

Reference

OctetString Class
OctetString Members
Overload List