Is there a simpler way to do this ```val vendor = ...

# ktor

[zt]

Is there a simpler way to do this

val vendor = buildString {
    repeat(lengthOfVendor) {
        append(readChannel.readByte().toInt().toChar())
    }
}

[ephemient]

on JVM,

String(ByteArray(length) { readByte() }, Charsets.ISO_8859_1)

[zt]

I'm on native, thanks anyways

[ephemient]

then you have

CharArray(length) { readByte().toInt().and(0xFF).toChar() }.concatToString()

[Aleksei Tirman [JB]]

If a vendor is encoded in UTF-8 then you can use the readUTF8Line method with a limit:

val vendor = readChannel.readUTF8Line(lengthOfVendor)

[zt]

I tried that but it just throws an error when it hits the limit, which I don't want

[ephemient]

it could also stop before the limit, which would break the protocol

[ephemient]

there is a helper

val packet = readChannel.readPacket(size)
val text = packet.readText()
packet.release()

though