package game

import "encoding/binary"

// AppendString appends the length of the string followed by its contents.
func AppendString(data []byte, str string) []byte {
	data = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(data, uint32(len(str)))
	data = append(data, []byte(str)...)
	return data
}

// AppendStringBytes appends the length of the string followed by its contents.
func AppendStringBytes(data []byte, str []byte) []byte {
	data = binary.LittleEndian.AppendUint32(data, uint32(len(str)))
	data = append(data, str...)
	return data
}