pydicom.values.convert_text¶
- pydicom.values.convert_text(byte_string: bytes, encodings: Optional[List[str]] = None, vr: Optional[str] = None) Union[str, MutableSequence[str]] ¶
Return a decoded text VR value.
Text VRs are ‘SH’, ‘LO’ and ‘UC’.
- Parameters
byte_string (bytes) – The encoded text VR element value.
encodings (list of str, optional) – A list of the character encoding schemes used to encode the value.
vr (str) – The value representation of the element. Needed for validation.
- Returns
The decoded value(s).
- Return type
str or list of str