love.data.newDataView

Available since LÖVE 0.11.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

Creates a new Data referencing a subsection of an existing Data object.

Function

Synopsis

view = love.data.newDataView( data, offset, size )

Arguments

Data data
The Data object to reference.
number offset
The offset of the subsection to reference, in bytes.
number size
The size in bytes of the subsection to reference.

Returns

Data view
The new Data view.

Notes

Data:getString and Data:getPointer will return the original Data object's contents, with the view's offset and size applied.

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