pydicom.values.convert_string

pydicom.values.convert_string(byte_string: bytes, is_little_endian: bool, struct_format: Optional[str] = None) → Union[str, Sequence[str]]

Return a decoded string VR value.

String VRs are ‘AE’, AS’, ‘CS’ and optionally (depending on pydicom.config) ‘DA’, ‘DT’, and ‘TM’.

Parameters

• byte_string (bytes) – The encoded text VR element value.

• is_little_endian (bool) – True if the value is encoded as little endian, False otherwise.

• format_str (str, optional) – Not used.

Returns

The decoded value(s).

Return type

str or MultiValue of str