staticmethod def string flow length int join takewhile lambda flow str

    @staticmethod
    def string(flow):
        length = int(''.join(takewhile(lambda x: x != ':', flow)))
        string = ''.join(islice(flow, length))
        return string

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	static object String(BinaryReader flow)
	{
		List<byte> lengthBytes = new List<byte>();
		while (true)
		{
			byte x = flow.ReadByte();
			if (x == Tokens.Delimiter) break;
			lengthBytes.Add(x);
		}
		string lengthString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(lengthBytes.ToArray());
		int length = int.Parse(lengthString);
		byte[] result = new byte[length];
		flow.Read(result, 0, length);
		return result;
	}

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