NSString initWithBytes:length:encoding:

NSString initWithBytes:length:encoding instance method. A quick example. Uses a NSData object from the content of my blog’s first page and displays the string in an NSTextView outlet:

– (void)awakeFromNib
{
ALATest();
myURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.alauda.ro"];
myData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:myURL];
myString = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:[myData bytes] length:[myData length] encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
#ifdef DEBUG
NSLog(@"Data is: %@", myString);
#endif

[_myTextView setString:myString];
}

// memory cleanup
– (void)dealloc
{
[myString release];
[super dealloc];
}

The result:

A variant, with a char array:

– (void)awakeFromNib
{
//myURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.alauda.ro"];
//myData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:myURL];

char myChar[] = {"Testing"};

myString = [[NSString alloc] initWithBytes:myChar length:sizeof(myChar) encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

#ifdef DEBUG
NSLog(@"Data is: %@", myString);
#endif
[_myTextView setString:myString];
}

// memory cleanup
– (void)dealloc
{
[myString release];
[super dealloc];
}

The result: