Convert nsdata to nsstring

Question

Hi,

I have utf8 encoded nsdata from windows server. I want to convert it to nsstring for iphone. Since data contains characters(like degree symbol) which have different values on both platforms, how do I convert data to string.

Answer 1

NSString* newStr = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:theData
                                         encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];

If the data is null-terminated, you should instead use

NSString* newStr = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:[theData bytes]];

Answer 2

You could call + (id)stringWithUTF8String:(const char *)bytes.