pydicom.values.convert_DS_string¶

pydicom.values.convert_DS_string(byte_string, is_little_endian, struct_format=None)[source]¶

Return a decoded ‘DS’ value.

Parameters

byte_string (bytes or str) – The encoded ‘DS’ element value.
is_little_endian (bool) – True if the value is encoded as little endian, False otherwise.
struct_format (str, optional) – Not used.

Returns

If use_DS_decimal is True then returns DSdecimal or a list of DSdecimal, otherwise returns DSfloat or a list of DSfloat.

Return type

valuerep.DSfloat or valuerep.DSdecimal or list of DSfloat/DSdecimal