pydicom.values.convert_string¶
- pydicom.values.convert_string(byte_string, is_little_endian, struct_format=None)¶
Return a decoded string VR value.
String VRs are ‘AS’, ‘CS’ and optionally (depending on pydicom.config) ‘DA’, ‘DT’, and ‘TM’.
- Parameters
byte_string (bytes or str) – The encoded text VR element value.
is_little_endian (bool) –
True
if the value is encoded as little endian,False
otherwise.struct_format (str, optional) – Not used.
- Returns
The decoded value(s).
- Return type
str or list of str