2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/wii/common.cpp b/wii/common.cpp
index 8f552b3..4ea59a0 100644
--- a/wii/common.cpp
+++ b/wii/common.cpp
@@ -131,4 +131,27 @@ void WriteFixedLengthASCII(QDataStream &out, const QString str, int length) {
 	out.writeRawData(paddedStr.constData(), paddedStr.length());
 }
 
+QString ReadVariableLengthASCII(QDataStream &in) {
+	qint64 savedPos = in.device()->pos();
+	int stringLength = 0;
+	char check;
+
+	in >> (quint8&)check;
+	while (check != 0) {
+		stringLength += 1;
+		in >> (quint8&)check;
+	}
+
+	// now read the string
+	char *buffer = new char[stringLength];
+
+	in.device()->seek(savedPos);
+	in.readRawData(buffer, stringLength);
+
+	QString output = QString::fromAscii(buffer, stringLength);
+
+	delete[] buffer;
+
+	return output;
+}
 
diff --git a/wii/common.h b/wii/common.h
index b440841..792ae27 100644
--- a/wii/common.h
+++ b/wii/common.h
@@ -108,4 +108,6 @@ void WriteStringList(QDataStream &out, QStringList list);
 QString ReadFixedLengthASCII(QDataStream &in, int length);
 void WriteFixedLengthASCII(QDataStream &out, QString str, int length);
 
+QString ReadVariableLengthASCII(QDataStream &in);
+
 #endif // WIICOMMON_H