Question

in my project i want to convert NSString value to NSdata without encoding, i.e i am using

NSData* aData = [[NSData alloc] initWithData:[[self getStringValue] dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

when i am using this the string value is encoded but i want the same string value without encoding, How can i get this

Thank You

Answer 1

You will always need to choose an encoding of some type. I always recommend NSUTF8StringEncoding. But if you only need the raw character bytes stored and not UTF8 encoding, these are your best options.

// for latin/english only characters
NSData* aData = [self dataUsingEncoding:NSACSIIStringEncoding];

// for international characters
NSData* aData = [self dataUsingEncoding:NSUnicodeStringEncoding];