Convert UTF-8 encoded NSData to NSString

Question

I have UTF-8 encoded NSData from windows server and I want to convert it to NSString for iPhone. Since data contains characters (like a degree symb

Answer 1

The Swift version from String to Data and back to String:

Xcode 10.1 • Swift 4.2.1

extension Data {
    var string: String? {
        return String(data: self, encoding: .utf8)
    }
}

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extension StringProtocol {
    var data: Data {
        return Data(utf8)
    }
}

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extension String {
    var base64Decoded: Data? {
        return Data(base64Encoded: self)
    }
}

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Playground

let string = "Hello World"                                  // "Hello World"
let stringData = string.data                                // 11 bytes
let base64EncodedString = stringData.base64EncodedString()  // "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ="
let stringFromData = stringData.string                      // "Hello World"

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let base64String = "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ="
if let data = base64String.base64Decoded {
    print(data)                                    //  11 bytes
    print(data.base64EncodedString())              // "SGVsbG8gV29ybGQ="
    print(data.string ?? "nil")                    // "Hello World"
}

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let stringWithAccent = "Olá Mundo"                          // "Olá Mundo"
print(stringWithAccent.count)                               // "9"
let stringWithAccentData = stringWithAccent.data            // "10 bytes" note: an extra byte for the acute accent
let stringWithAccentFromData = stringWithAccentData.string  // "Olá Mundo\n"