pydicom.values.convert_tag

pydicom.values.convert_tag(byte_string, is_little_endian, offset=0)

Return a decoded BaseTag from the encoded byte_string.

Parameters:

• byte_string (bytes) – The encoded tag.
• is_little_endian (bool) – True if the encoding is little endian, False otherwise.
• offset (int, optional) – The byte offset in byte_string to the start of the tag.

Returns:

The decoded tag.

Return type:

BaseTag