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A GetCString() procedure for IDA Pro
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getcstring.py
import string, itertools, operator
def GetCString(ea, max_length = 32):
bytes = map(Byte, xrange(ea, ea + max_length + 1))
if 0x00 not in bytes: raise ValueError("String terminator wasn't found")
chars = map(chr, itertools.takewhile(operator.truth, bytes))
return string.join(chars, '')
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