pydicom.values.convert_string¶

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

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