From 97babdcc945baac0cc62fc1850f45381fcd09757 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@home-assistant.io>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 22:05:19 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] [uln2003] Refactor step mode logging to use LogString

---
 esphome/components/uln2003/uln2003.cpp | 30 ++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/uln2003/uln2003.cpp b/esphome/components/uln2003/uln2003.cpp
index 11e1c3d4c0..d6d126e8e3 100644
--- a/esphome/components/uln2003/uln2003.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/uln2003/uln2003.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ namespace uln2003 {
 
 static const char *const TAG = "uln2003.stepper";
 
+static const LogString *step_mode_to_log_string(ULN2003StepMode mode) {
+  switch (mode) {
+    case ULN2003_STEP_MODE_FULL_STEP:
+      return LOG_STR("FULL STEP");
+    case ULN2003_STEP_MODE_HALF_STEP:
+      return LOG_STR("HALF STEP");
+    case ULN2003_STEP_MODE_WAVE_DRIVE:
+      return LOG_STR("WAVE DRIVE");
+    default:
+      return LOG_STR("UNKNOWN");
+  }
+}
+
 void ULN2003::setup() {
   this->pin_a_->setup();
   this->pin_b_->setup();
@@ -42,22 +55,7 @@ void ULN2003::dump_config() {
   LOG_PIN("  Pin B: ", this->pin_b_);
   LOG_PIN("  Pin C: ", this->pin_c_);
   LOG_PIN("  Pin D: ", this->pin_d_);
-  const char *step_mode_s;
-  switch (this->step_mode_) {
-    case ULN2003_STEP_MODE_FULL_STEP:
-      step_mode_s = "FULL STEP";
-      break;
-    case ULN2003_STEP_MODE_HALF_STEP:
-      step_mode_s = "HALF STEP";
-      break;
-    case ULN2003_STEP_MODE_WAVE_DRIVE:
-      step_mode_s = "WAVE DRIVE";
-      break;
-    default:
-      step_mode_s = "UNKNOWN";
-      break;
-  }
-  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Step Mode: %s", step_mode_s);
+  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "  Step Mode: %s", LOG_STR_ARG(step_mode_to_log_string(this->step_mode_)));
 }
 void ULN2003::write_step_(int32_t step) {
   int32_t n = this->step_mode_ == ULN2003_STEP_MODE_HALF_STEP ? 8 : 4;