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Copy a part of NSData byte array to another NSData type

I have an original NSData type which contains let's say 100 bytes. I want to get 2 other NSData types. The first containing the first 20 bytes of the 100, and the second one containing the other 80. They should be copied from the original NSData. Sorry if I wasn't so clear, but I'm pretty new with Objective-C.

Solution

  • You can use NSData's -(NSData *)subdataWithRange:(NSRange)range; to do that.
    From your example, here is some code : 

    // original data in myData
NSData *d1 = [myData subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, 20)];
NSData *d2 = [myData subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange(20, 80)];

    Of course, the ranges are immediate here, you will probably have to do calculations, to make it work for your actual code.