[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/sqlite-wasm](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm) › readCString

```ts
function readCString(deps: SqliteWasmDep): (ptr: CStringPtr) => string;
```

Defined in: [packages/sqlite-wasm/src/Memory.ts:97](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/bc4578a260dd15d5bbf94b83765ca05984d194cb/packages/sqlite-wasm/src/Memory.ts#L97)

Decodes a NUL-terminated C string, such as an error message or a column name.