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I am writing a C++ application and I was wondering what the C++ conventional way of storing a byte array in memory.
Is there something like a string, except specifically made for binary data.
Right now I am using a *unsigned char** array to store the data, but something more STL/C++ like would be better.
I’d use
std::vector<unsigned char>. Most operations you need can be done using the STL with iterator ranges. Also, remember that if you really need the raw data&v[0]is guaranteed to give a pointer to the underlying array.