Value:as()

Value:as(ctype)method

Cast the Value to a new one, using the provided type.

Parameters

ctype

A string representing the C type for the new Value, among any of the following strings :

ctype string	C type
`"uchar"`	`unsigned char`
`"char"`	`char`
`"wchar_t"`	`wchar_t`
`"bool"`	`boolean (C++)/int (C)`
`"short"`	`short`
`"ushort"`	`unsigned short`
`"int"`	`int`
`"uint"`	`unsigned int`
`"long"`	`long`
`"long long"`	`long long`
`"ulong"`	`unsigned long`
`"ulonglong"`	`unsigned long long`
`"size_t"`	`size_t`
`"int16_t"`	`int16_t`
`"int32_t"`	`int32_t`
`"int64_t"`	`int64_t`
`"uint16_t"`	`uint16_t`
`"uint32_t"`	`uint32_t`
`"uint64_t"`	`uint64_t`
`"double"`	`double`
`"string"`	`char *`
`"wstring"`	`wchar_t *`
`"pointer"`	`void *`

Return value

Returns the Value casted to the new C type.

Example


--! luart-extensions
import c

-- Create a Value that contains an unsigned char (a byte) initialized with the number 72
local uchar = c.Value("uchar", 72)

-- Converts the uchar value as a char value
print(uchar:as("char"))