print string to display

src/display/Display.cpp

@@ -112,6 +112,31 @@ void Display::print(char *value){
         }
 };
 
+char Display::stringToCharArray(String value) {
+  const int len = value.length() + 1;  // +1 for the null terminator
+  char msgBuffer[len];               // Create a buffer of the appropriate length
+
+  value.toCharArray(msgBuffer, len);  // Copy the string into the buffer, including the null terminator
+
+  return *msgBuffer;
+}
+
+void Display::print(String value){
+    const int len = value.length() + 1;  // +1 for the null terminator
+  char msgBuffer[len];               // Create a buffer of the appropriate length
+  value.toCharArray(msgBuffer, len);
+
+  this->print(msgBuffer);
+};
+
+void Display::println(String value){
+  const int len = value.length() + 1;  // +1 for the null terminator
+  char msgBuffer[len];               // Create a buffer of the appropriate length
+  value.toCharArray(msgBuffer, len);
+
+  this->println(msgBuffer);
+};
+
 void Display::println(char *value){
     this ->print(value);
     this->print("\n");

src/display/Display.h

@@ -72,6 +72,29 @@ class Display{
         */
         void println(char *value);
         
+        /**
+         * @brief prints the passed string right behind the current displaycontent
+         * the sequence "\n" can be used to make a linebreak on the display
+         * 
+         * @param value the string "xyz" that should be printed to the display
+        */
+        void print(String value);
+
+        /**
+         * @brief same as the print method, but after the string a line break is inserted
+         * 
+         * @param value the string that should be printed
+        */
+        void println(String value);
+
+        /**
+         * @brief string to char
+         * 
+         * @param value the string that should be converted to char
+        */
+        char stringToCharArray(String value);
+
+
         /**
          * @brief flips the horizontal orientation of all content on the display
         */