QByteArray Class

 QByteArray ba("Hello");

 QByteArray ba;
 ba.resize(5);
 ba[0] = 0x3c;
 ba[1] = 0xb8;
 ba[2] = 0x64;
 ba[3] = 0x18;
 ba[4] = 0xca;

 for (int i = 0; i < ba.size(); ++i) {
     if (ba.at(i) >= 'a' && ba.at(i) <= 'f')
         cout << "Found character in range [a-f]" << Qt::endl;
 }

 QByteArray ba1("ca\0r\0t");
 ba1.size();                     // Returns 2.
 ba1.constData();                // Returns "ca" with terminating \0.

 QByteArray ba2("ca\0r\0t", 3);
 ba2.size();                     // Returns 3.
 ba2.constData();                // Returns "ca\0" with terminating \0.

 QByteArray ba3("ca\0r\0t", 4);
 ba3.size();                     // Returns 4.
 ba3.constData();                // Returns "ca\0r" with terminating \0.

 const char cart[] = {'c', 'a', '\0', 'r', '\0', 't'};
 QByteArray ba4(QByteArray::fromRawData(cart, 6));
 ba4.size();                     // Returns 6.
 ba4.constData();                // Returns "ca\0r\0t" without terminating \0.

 QByteArray x("and");
 x.prepend("rock ");         // x == "rock and"
 x.append(" roll");          // x == "rock and roll"
 x.replace(5, 3, "&");       // x == "rock & roll"

 QByteArray ba("We must be <b>bold</b>, very <b>bold</b>");
 int j = 0;
 while ((j = ba.indexOf("<b>", j)) != -1) {
     cout << "Found <b> tag at index position " << j << Qt::endl;
     ++j;
 }

 QByteArray().isNull();          // returns true
 QByteArray().isEmpty();         // returns true

 QByteArray("").isNull();        // returns false
 QByteArray("").isEmpty();       // returns true

 QByteArray("abc").isNull();     // returns false
 QByteArray("abc").isEmpty();    // returns false

Member Function Documentation

This is an overloaded function.

Decodes the Base64 array base64, using the options defined by options. If options contains IgnoreBase64DecodingErrors (the default), the input is not checked for validity; invalid characters in the input are skipped, enabling the decoding process to continue with subsequent characters. If options contains AbortOnBase64DecodingErrors, then decoding will stop at the first invalid character.

For example:

 void process(const QByteArray &);

 if (auto result = QByteArray::fromBase64Encoding(encodedData))
     process(*result);

The algorithm used to decode Base64-encoded data is defined in RFC 4648.

Returns a QByteArrayFromBase64Result object, containing the decoded data and a flag telling whether decoding was successful. If the AbortOnBase64DecodingErrors option was passed and the input data was invalid, it is unspecified what the decoded data contains.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.15.

See also toBase64().

QByteArray::QByteArray(QByteArray &&other)

Move-constructs a QByteArray instance, making it point at the same object that other was pointing to.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.2.

QByteArray::QByteArray(const QByteArray &other)

Constructs a copy of other.

This operation takes constant time, because QByteArray is implicitly shared. This makes returning a QByteArray from a function very fast. If a shared instance is modified, it will be copied (copy-on-write), taking linear time.

See also operator=().

QByteArray::QByteArray(int size, char ch)

Constructs a byte array of size size with every byte set to character ch.

See also fill().

QByteArray::QByteArray(const char *data, int size = -1)

Constructs a byte array containing the first size bytes of array data.

If data is 0, a null byte array is constructed.

If size is negative, data is assumed to point to a '\0'-terminated string and its length is determined dynamically. The terminating \0 character is not considered part of the byte array.

QByteArray makes a deep copy of the string data.

See also fromRawData().

QByteArray::QByteArray()

Constructs an empty byte array.

See also isEmpty().

QByteArray &QByteArray::operator=(QByteArray &&other)

Move-assigns other to this QByteArray instance.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.2.

QByteArray &QByteArray::operator=(const QByteArray &other)

Assigns other to this byte array and returns a reference to this byte array.

QByteArray::~QByteArray()

Destroys the byte array.

QByteArray &QByteArray::append(const QByteArray &ba)

Appends the byte array ba onto the end of this byte array.

Example:

 QByteArray x("free");
 QByteArray y("dom");
 x.append(y);
 // x == "freedom"

This is the same as insert(size(), ba).

Note: QByteArray is an implicitly shared class. Consequently, if you append to an empty byte array, then the byte array will just share the data held in ba. In this case, no copying of data is done, taking constant time. If a shared instance is modified, it will be copied (copy-on-write), taking linear time.

If the byte array being appended to is not empty, a deep copy of the data is performed, taking linear time.

This operation typically does not suffer from allocation overhead, because QByteArray preallocates extra space at the end of the data so that it may grow without reallocating for each append operation.

See also operator+=(), prepend(), and insert().

QByteArray &QByteArray::append(char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Appends the character ch to this byte array.

QByteArray &QByteArray::append(int count, char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Appends count copies of character ch to this byte array and returns a reference to this byte array.

If count is negative or zero nothing is appended to the byte array.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.7.

QByteArray &QByteArray::append(const char *str)

This is an overloaded function.

Appends the string str to this byte array.

QByteArray &QByteArray::append(const char *str, int len)

This function overloads append().

Appends the first len characters of the string str to this byte array and returns a reference to this byte array.

If len is negative, the length of the string will be determined automatically using qstrlen(). If len is zero or str is null, nothing is appended to the byte array. Ensure that len is not longer than str.

char QByteArray::at(int i) const

Returns the character at index position i in the byte array.

i must be a valid index position in the byte array (i.e., 0 <= i < size()).

See also operator[]().

char QByteArray::back() const

Returns the last character in the byte array. Same as at(size() - 1).

This function is provided for STL compatibility.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also front(), at(), and operator[]().

QByteRef QByteArray::back()

Returns a reference to the last character in the byte array. Same as operator[](size() - 1).

This function is provided for STL compatibility.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also front(), at(), and operator[]().

QByteArray::iterator QByteArray::begin()

Returns an STL-style iterator pointing to the first character in the byte-array.

See also constBegin() and end().

QByteArray::const_iterator QByteArray::begin() const

This function overloads begin().

int QByteArray::capacity() const

Returns the maximum number of bytes that can be stored in the byte array without forcing a reallocation.

The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine tuning QByteArray's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever need to call this function. If you want to know how many bytes are in the byte array, call size().

See also reserve() and squeeze().

QByteArray::const_iterator QByteArray::cbegin() const

Returns a const STL-style iterator pointing to the first character in the byte-array.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.0.

See also begin() and cend().

QByteArray::const_iterator QByteArray::cend() const

Returns a const STL-style iterator pointing to the imaginary character after the last character in the list.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.0.

See also cbegin() and end().

void QByteArray::chop(int n)

Removes n bytes from the end of the byte array.

If n is greater than size(), the result is an empty byte array.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("STARTTLS\r\n");
 ba.chop(2);                 // ba == "STARTTLS"

See also truncate(), resize(), and left().

QByteArray QByteArray::chopped(int len) const

Returns a byte array that contains the leftmost size() - len bytes of this byte array.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also endsWith(), left(), right(), mid(), chop(), and truncate().

void QByteArray::clear()

Clears the contents of the byte array and makes it null.

See also resize() and isNull().

int QByteArray::compare(const char *c, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero depending on whether this QByteArray sorts before, at the same position, or after the string pointed to by c. The comparison is performed according to case sensitivity cs.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.12.

See also operator==.

int QByteArray::compare(const QByteArray &a, Qt::CaseSensitivity cs = Qt::CaseSensitive) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns an integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero depending on whether this QByteArray sorts before, at the same position, or after the QByteArray a. The comparison is performed according to case sensitivity cs.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.12.

See also operator==.

QByteArray::const_iterator QByteArray::constBegin() const

Returns a const STL-style iterator pointing to the first character in the byte-array.

See also begin() and constEnd().

const char *QByteArray::constData() const

Returns a pointer to the data stored in the byte array. The pointer can be used to access the bytes that compose the array. The data is '\0'-terminated unless the QByteArray object was created from raw data. The pointer remains valid as long as the byte array isn't reallocated or destroyed.

This function is mostly useful to pass a byte array to a function that accepts a const char *.

Note: A QByteArray can store any byte values including '\0's, but most functions that take char * arguments assume that the data ends at the first '\0' they encounter.

See also data(), operator[](), and fromRawData().

QByteArray::const_iterator QByteArray::constEnd() const

Returns a const STL-style iterator pointing to the imaginary character after the last character in the list.

See also constBegin() and end().

bool QByteArray::contains(const QByteArray &ba) const

Returns true if the byte array contains an occurrence of the byte array ba; otherwise returns false.

See also indexOf() and count().

bool QByteArray::contains(char ch) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns true if the byte array contains the character ch; otherwise returns false.

bool QByteArray::contains(const char *str) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns true if the byte array contains the string str; otherwise returns false.

int QByteArray::count(const QByteArray &ba) const

Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of byte array ba in this byte array.

See also contains() and indexOf().

int QByteArray::count(char ch) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns the number of occurrences of character ch in the byte array.

See also contains() and indexOf().

int QByteArray::count(const char *str) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns the number of (potentially overlapping) occurrences of string str in the byte array.

int QByteArray::count() const

This is an overloaded function.

Same as size().

QByteArray::const_reverse_iterator QByteArray::crbegin() const

Returns a const STL-style reverse iterator pointing to the first character in the byte-array, in reverse order.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also begin(), rbegin(), and rend().

QByteArray::const_reverse_iterator QByteArray::crend() const

Returns a const STL-style reverse iterator pointing to one past the last character in the byte-array, in reverse order.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also end(), rend(), and rbegin().

char *QByteArray::data()

Returns a pointer to the data stored in the byte array. The pointer can be used to access and modify the bytes that compose the array. The data is '\0'-terminated, i.e. the number of bytes in the returned character string is size() + 1 for the '\0' terminator.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("Hello world");
 char *data = ba.data();
 while (*data) {
     cout << "[" << *data << "]" << Qt::endl;
     ++data;
 }

The pointer remains valid as long as the byte array isn't reallocated or destroyed. For read-only access, constData() is faster because it never causes a deep copy to occur.

This function is mostly useful to pass a byte array to a function that accepts a const char *.

The following example makes a copy of the char* returned by data(), but it will corrupt the heap and cause a crash because it does not allocate a byte for the '\0' at the end:

 QString tmp = "test";
 QByteArray text = tmp.toLocal8Bit();
 char *data = new char[text.size()];
 strcpy(data, text.data());
 delete [] data;

This one allocates the correct amount of space:

 QString tmp = "test";
 QByteArray text = tmp.toLocal8Bit();
 char *data = new char[text.size() + 1];
 strcpy(data, text.data());
 delete [] data;

Note: A QByteArray can store any byte values including '\0's, but most functions that take char * arguments assume that the data ends at the first '\0' they encounter.

See also constData() and operator[]().

const char *QByteArray::data() const

This is an overloaded function.

QByteArray::iterator QByteArray::end()

Returns an STL-style iterator pointing to the imaginary character after the last character in the byte-array.

See also begin() and constEnd().

QByteArray::const_iterator QByteArray::end() const

This function overloads end().

bool QByteArray::endsWith(const QByteArray &ba) const

Returns true if this byte array ends with byte array ba; otherwise returns false.

Example:

 QByteArray url("http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtdoc/index.html");
 if (url.endsWith(".html"))
     ...

See also startsWith() and right().

bool QByteArray::endsWith(char ch) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns true if this byte array ends with character ch; otherwise returns false.

bool QByteArray::endsWith(const char *str) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns true if this byte array ends with string str; otherwise returns false.

QByteArray &QByteArray::fill(char ch, int size = -1)

Sets every byte in the byte array to character ch. If size is different from -1 (the default), the byte array is resized to size size beforehand.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("Istambul");
 ba.fill('o');
 // ba == "oooooooo"

 ba.fill('X', 2);
 // ba == "XX"

See also resize().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromBase64(const QByteArray &base64, QByteArray::Base64Options options)

This is an overloaded function.

Returns a decoded copy of the Base64 array base64, using the options defined by options. If options contains IgnoreBase64DecodingErrors (the default), the input is not checked for validity; invalid characters in the input are skipped, enabling the decoding process to continue with subsequent characters. If options contains AbortOnBase64DecodingErrors, then decoding will stop at the first invalid character.

For example:

 QByteArray::fromBase64("PHA+SGVsbG8/PC9wPg==", QByteArray::Base64Encoding); // returns "<p>Hello?</p>"
 QByteArray::fromBase64("PHA-SGVsbG8_PC9wPg==", QByteArray::Base64UrlEncoding); // returns "<p>Hello?</p>"

The algorithm used to decode Base64-encoded data is defined in RFC 4648.

Returns the decoded data, or, if the AbortOnBase64DecodingErrors option was passed and the input data was invalid, an empty byte array.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.2.

See also toBase64() and fromBase64Encoding().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromBase64(const QByteArray &base64)

This is an overloaded function.

Returns a decoded copy of the Base64 array base64. Input is not checked for validity; invalid characters in the input are skipped, enabling the decoding process to continue with subsequent characters.

For example:

 QByteArray text = QByteArray::fromBase64("UXQgaXMgZ3JlYXQh");
 text.data();            // returns "Qt is great!"

The algorithm used to decode Base64-encoded data is defined in RFC 4648.

See also toBase64() and fromBase64Encoding().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromCFData(CFDataRef data)

Constructs a new QByteArray containing a copy of the CFData data.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also fromRawCFData(), fromRawData(), toRawCFData(), and toCFData().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromHex(const QByteArray &hexEncoded)

Returns a decoded copy of the hex encoded array hexEncoded. Input is not checked for validity; invalid characters in the input are skipped, enabling the decoding process to continue with subsequent characters.

For example:

 QByteArray text = QByteArray::fromHex("517420697320677265617421");
 text.data();            // returns "Qt is great!"

See also toHex().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromNSData(const NSData *data)

Constructs a new QByteArray containing a copy of the NSData data.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also fromRawNSData(), fromRawData(), toNSData(), and toRawNSData().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromPercentEncoding(const QByteArray &input, char percent = '%')

Returns a decoded copy of the URI/URL-style percent-encoded input. The percent parameter allows you to replace the '%' character for another (for instance, '_' or '=').

For example:

 QByteArray text = QByteArray::fromPercentEncoding("Qt%20is%20great%33");
 text.data();            // returns "Qt is great!"

This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.

See also toPercentEncoding() and QUrl::fromPercentEncoding().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromRawCFData(CFDataRef data)

Constructs a QByteArray that uses the bytes of the CFData data.

The data's bytes are not copied.

The caller guarantees that the CFData will not be deleted or modified as long as this QByteArray object exists.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also fromCFData(), fromRawData(), toRawCFData(), and toCFData().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromRawData(const char *data, int size)

Constructs a QByteArray that uses the first size bytes of the data array. The bytes are not copied. The QByteArray will contain the data pointer. The caller guarantees that data will not be deleted or modified as long as this QByteArray and any copies of it exist that have not been modified. In other words, because QByteArray is an implicitly shared class and the instance returned by this function contains the data pointer, the caller must not delete data or modify it directly as long as the returned QByteArray and any copies exist. However, QByteArray does not take ownership of data, so the QByteArray destructor will never delete the raw data, even when the last QByteArray referring to data is destroyed.

A subsequent attempt to modify the contents of the returned QByteArray or any copy made from it will cause it to create a deep copy of the data array before doing the modification. This ensures that the raw data array itself will never be modified by QByteArray.

Here is an example of how to read data using a QDataStream on raw data in memory without copying the raw data into a QByteArray:

  static const char mydata[] = {
     '\x00', '\x00', '\x03', '\x84', '\x78', '\x9c', '\x3b', '\x76',
     '\xec', '\x18', '\xc3', '\x31', '\x0a', '\xf1', '\xcc', '\x99',
     ...
     '\x6d', '\x5b'
 };

 QByteArray data = QByteArray::fromRawData(mydata, sizeof(mydata));
 QDataStream in(&data, QIODevice::ReadOnly);
 ...

See also setRawData(), data(), and constData().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromRawNSData(const NSData *data)

Constructs a QByteArray that uses the bytes of the NSData data.

The data's bytes are not copied.

The caller guarantees that the NSData will not be deleted or modified as long as this QByteArray object exists.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also fromNSData(), fromRawData(), toRawNSData(), and toNSData().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::fromStdString(const std::string &str)

Returns a copy of the str string as a QByteArray.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.4.

See also toStdString() and QString::fromStdString().

char QByteArray::front() const

Returns the first character in the byte array. Same as at(0).

This function is provided for STL compatibility.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also back(), at(), and operator[]().

QByteRef QByteArray::front()

Returns a reference to the first character in the byte array. Same as operator[](0).

This function is provided for STL compatibility.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

See also back(), at(), and operator[]().

int QByteArray::indexOf(const QByteArray &ba, int from = 0) const

Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the byte array ba in this byte array, searching forward from index position from. Returns -1 if ba could not be found.

Example:

 QByteArray x("sticky question");
 QByteArray y("sti");
 x.indexOf(y);               // returns 0
 x.indexOf(y, 1);            // returns 10
 x.indexOf(y, 10);           // returns 10
 x.indexOf(y, 11);           // returns -1

See also lastIndexOf(), contains(), and count().

int QByteArray::indexOf(char ch, int from = 0) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the character ch in the byte array, searching forward from index position from. Returns -1 if ch could not be found.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("ABCBA");
 ba.indexOf("B");            // returns 1
 ba.indexOf("B", 1);         // returns 1
 ba.indexOf("B", 2);         // returns 3
 ba.indexOf("X");            // returns -1

See also lastIndexOf() and contains().

int QByteArray::indexOf(const char *str, int from = 0) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns the index position of the first occurrence of the string str in the byte array, searching forward from index position from. Returns -1 if str could not be found.

QByteArray &QByteArray::insert(int i, const QByteArray &ba)

Inserts the byte array ba at index position i and returns a reference to this byte array.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("Meal");
 ba.insert(1, QByteArray("ontr"));
 // ba == "Montreal"

See also append(), prepend(), replace(), and remove().

QByteArray &QByteArray::insert(int i, char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Inserts character ch at index position i in the byte array. If i is greater than size(), the array is first extended using resize().

QByteArray &QByteArray::insert(int i, int count, char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Inserts count copies of character ch at index position i in the byte array.

If i is greater than size(), the array is first extended using resize().

This function was introduced in Qt 5.7.

QByteArray &QByteArray::insert(int i, const char *str)

This is an overloaded function.

Inserts the string str at position i in the byte array.

If i is greater than size(), the array is first extended using resize().

QByteArray &QByteArray::insert(int i, const char *str, int len)

This is an overloaded function.

Inserts len bytes of the string str at position i in the byte array.

If i is greater than size(), the array is first extended using resize().

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

bool QByteArray::isEmpty() const

Returns true if the byte array has size 0; otherwise returns false.

Example:

 QByteArray().isEmpty();         // returns true
 QByteArray("").isEmpty();       // returns true
 QByteArray("abc").isEmpty();    // returns false

See also size().

bool QByteArray::isLower() const

Returns true if this byte array contains only lowercase letters, otherwise returns false. The byte array is interpreted as a Latin-1 encoded string.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.12.

See also isUpper() and toLower().

bool QByteArray::isNull() const

Returns true if this byte array is null; otherwise returns false.

Example:

 QByteArray().isNull();          // returns true
 QByteArray("").isNull();        // returns false
 QByteArray("abc").isNull();     // returns false

Qt makes a distinction between null byte arrays and empty byte arrays for historical reasons. For most applications, what matters is whether or not a byte array contains any data, and this can be determined using isEmpty().

See also isEmpty().

bool QByteArray::isUpper() const

Returns true if this byte array contains only uppercase letters, otherwise returns false. The byte array is interpreted as a Latin-1 encoded string.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.12.

See also isLower() and toUpper().

int QByteArray::lastIndexOf(const QByteArray &ba, int from = -1) const

Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the byte array ba in this byte array, searching backward from index position from. If from is -1 (the default), the search starts at the last byte. Returns -1 if ba could not be found.

Example:

 QByteArray x("crazy azimuths");
 QByteArray y("az");
 x.lastIndexOf(y);           // returns 6
 x.lastIndexOf(y, 6);        // returns 6
 x.lastIndexOf(y, 5);        // returns 2
 x.lastIndexOf(y, 1);        // returns -1

See also indexOf(), contains(), and count().

int QByteArray::lastIndexOf(char ch, int from = -1) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns the index position of the last occurrence of character ch in the byte array, searching backward from index position from. If from is -1 (the default), the search starts at the last (size() - 1) byte. Returns -1 if ch could not be found.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("ABCBA");
 ba.lastIndexOf("B");        // returns 3
 ba.lastIndexOf("B", 3);     // returns 3
 ba.lastIndexOf("B", 2);     // returns 1
 ba.lastIndexOf("X");        // returns -1

See also indexOf() and contains().

int QByteArray::lastIndexOf(const char *str, int from = -1) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns the index position of the last occurrence of the string str in the byte array, searching backward from index position from. If from is -1 (the default), the search starts at the last (size() - 1) byte. Returns -1 if str could not be found.

QByteArray QByteArray::left(int len) const

Returns a byte array that contains the leftmost len bytes of this byte array.

The entire byte array is returned if len is greater than size().

Example:

 QByteArray x("Pineapple");
 QByteArray y = x.left(4);
 // y == "Pine"

See also startsWith(), right(), mid(), chopped(), chop(), and truncate().

QByteArray QByteArray::leftJustified(int width, char fill = ' ', bool truncate = false) const

Returns a byte array of size width that contains this byte array padded by the fill character.

If truncate is false and the size() of the byte array is more than width, then the returned byte array is a copy of this byte array.

If truncate is true and the size() of the byte array is more than width, then any bytes in a copy of the byte array after position width are removed, and the copy is returned.

Example:

 QByteArray x("apple");
 QByteArray y = x.leftJustified(8, '.');   // y == "apple..."

See also rightJustified().

int QByteArray::length() const

Same as size().

QByteArray QByteArray::mid(int pos, int len = -1) const

Returns a byte array containing len bytes from this byte array, starting at position pos.

If len is -1 (the default), or pos + len >= size(), returns a byte array containing all bytes starting at position pos until the end of the byte array.

Example:

 QByteArray x("Five pineapples");
 QByteArray y = x.mid(5, 4);     // y == "pine"
 QByteArray z = x.mid(5);        // z == "pineapples"

See also left(), right(), chopped(), chop(), and truncate().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::number(int n, int base = 10)

Returns a byte array containing the string equivalent of the number n to base base (10 by default). The base can be any value between 2 and 36.

Example:

 int n = 63;
 QByteArray::number(n);              // returns "63"
 QByteArray::number(n, 16);          // returns "3f"
 QByteArray::number(n, 16).toUpper();  // returns "3F"

See also setNum() and toInt().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::number(uint n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toUInt().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::number(qlonglong n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toLongLong().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::number(qulonglong n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toULongLong().

[static] QByteArray QByteArray::number(double n, char f = 'g', int prec = 6)

This is an overloaded function.

Returns a byte array that contains the printed value of n, formatted in format f with precision prec.

Argument n is formatted according to the f format specified, which is g by default, and can be any of the following:

With 'e', 'E', and 'f', prec is the number of digits after the decimal point. With 'g' and 'G', prec is the maximum number of significant digits (trailing zeroes are omitted).

 QByteArray ba = QByteArray::number(12.3456, 'E', 3);
 // ba == 1.235E+01

See also toDouble().

QByteArray &QByteArray::prepend(const QByteArray &ba)

Prepends the byte array ba to this byte array and returns a reference to this byte array.

Example:

 QByteArray x("ship");
 QByteArray y("air");
 x.prepend(y);
 // x == "airship"

This is the same as insert(0, ba).

Note: QByteArray is an implicitly shared class. Consequently, if you prepend to an empty byte array, then the byte array will just share the data held in ba. In this case, no copying of data is done, taking constant time. If a shared instance is modified, it will be copied (copy-on-write), taking linear time.

If the byte array being prepended to is not empty, a deep copy of the data is performed, taking linear time.

See also append() and insert().

QByteArray &QByteArray::prepend(char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Prepends the character ch to this byte array.

QByteArray &QByteArray::prepend(int count, char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Prepends count copies of character ch to this byte array.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.7.

QByteArray &QByteArray::prepend(const char *str)

This is an overloaded function.

Prepends the string str to this byte array.

QByteArray &QByteArray::prepend(const char *str, int len)

This is an overloaded function.

Prepends len bytes of the string str to this byte array.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.6.

void QByteArray::push_back(const QByteArray &other)

This function is provided for STL compatibility. It is equivalent to append(other).

void QByteArray::push_back(char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Same as append(ch).

void QByteArray::push_back(const char *str)

This is an overloaded function.

Same as append(str).

void QByteArray::push_front(const QByteArray &other)

This function is provided for STL compatibility. It is equivalent to prepend(other).

void QByteArray::push_front(char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Same as prepend(ch).

void QByteArray::push_front(const char *str)

This is an overloaded function.

Same as prepend(str).

QByteArray::reverse_iterator QByteArray::rbegin()

Returns a STL-style reverse iterator pointing to the first character in the byte-array, in reverse order.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also begin(), crbegin(), and rend().

QByteArray::const_reverse_iterator QByteArray::rbegin() const

This is an overloaded function.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

QByteArray &QByteArray::remove(int pos, int len)

Removes len bytes from the array, starting at index position pos, and returns a reference to the array.

If pos is out of range, nothing happens. If pos is valid, but pos + len is larger than the size of the array, the array is truncated at position pos.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("Montreal");
 ba.remove(1, 4);
 // ba == "Meal"

See also insert() and replace().

QByteArray::reverse_iterator QByteArray::rend()

Returns a STL-style reverse iterator pointing to one past the last character in the byte-array, in reverse order.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

See also end(), crend(), and rbegin().

QByteArray::const_reverse_iterator QByteArray::rend() const

This is an overloaded function.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.6.

QByteArray QByteArray::repeated(int times) const

Returns a copy of this byte array repeated the specified number of times.

If times is less than 1, an empty byte array is returned.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("ab");
 ba.repeated(4);             // returns "abababab"

This function was introduced in Qt 4.5.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(int pos, int len, const QByteArray &after)

Replaces len bytes from index position pos with the byte array after, and returns a reference to this byte array.

Example:

 QByteArray x("Say yes!");
 QByteArray y("no");
 x.replace(4, 3, y);
 // x == "Say no!"

See also insert() and remove().

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(int pos, int len, const char *after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces len bytes from index position pos with the '\0'-terminated string after.

Notice: this can change the length of the byte array.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(int pos, int len, const char *after, int alen)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces len bytes from index position pos with alen bytes from the string after. after is allowed to have '\0' characters.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.7.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(char before, const char *after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the character before with the string after.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(char before, const QByteArray &after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the character before with the byte array after.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(const char *before, const char *after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the string before with the string after.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(const char *before, int bsize, const char *after, int asize)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the string before with the string after. Since the sizes of the strings are given by bsize and asize, they may contain zero characters and do not need to be '\0'-terminated.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(const QByteArray &before, const QByteArray &after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the byte array before with the byte array after.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("colour behaviour flavour neighbour");
 ba.replace(QByteArray("ou"), QByteArray("o"));
 // ba == "color behavior flavor neighbor"

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(const QByteArray &before, const char *after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the byte array before with the string after.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(const char *before, const QByteArray &after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the string before with the byte array after.

QByteArray &QByteArray::replace(char before, char after)

This is an overloaded function.

Replaces every occurrence of the character before with the character after.

void QByteArray::reserve(int size)

Attempts to allocate memory for at least size bytes. If you know in advance how large the byte array will be, you can call this function, and if you call resize() often you are likely to get better performance. If size is an underestimate, the worst that will happen is that the QByteArray will be a bit slower.

The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine tuning QByteArray's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever need to call this function. If you want to change the size of the byte array, call resize().

See also squeeze() and capacity().

void QByteArray::resize(int size)

Sets the size of the byte array to size bytes.

If size is greater than the current size, the byte array is extended to make it size bytes with the extra bytes added to the end. The new bytes are uninitialized.

If size is less than the current size, bytes are removed from the end.

See also size() and truncate().

QByteArray QByteArray::right(int len) const

Returns a byte array that contains the rightmost len bytes of this byte array.

The entire byte array is returned if len is greater than size().

Example:

 QByteArray x("Pineapple");
 QByteArray y = x.right(5);
 // y == "apple"

See also endsWith(), left(), mid(), chopped(), chop(), and truncate().

QByteArray QByteArray::rightJustified(int width, char fill = ' ', bool truncate = false) const

Returns a byte array of size width that contains the fill character followed by this byte array.

If truncate is false and the size of the byte array is more than width, then the returned byte array is a copy of this byte array.

If truncate is true and the size of the byte array is more than width, then the resulting byte array is truncated at position width.

Example:

 QByteArray x("apple");
 QByteArray y = x.rightJustified(8, '.');    // y == "...apple"

See also leftJustified().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(int n, int base = 10)

Sets the byte array to the printed value of n in base base (10 by default) and returns a reference to the byte array. The base can be any value between 2 and 36. For bases other than 10, n is treated as an unsigned integer.

Example:

 QByteArray ba;
 int n = 63;
 ba.setNum(n);           // ba == "63"
 ba.setNum(n, 16);       // ba == "3f"

See also number() and toInt().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(short n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toShort().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(ushort n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toUShort().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(uint n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toUInt().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(qlonglong n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toLongLong().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(qulonglong n, int base = 10)

This is an overloaded function.

See also toULongLong().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(float n, char f = 'g', int prec = 6)

This is an overloaded function.

Sets the byte array to the printed value of n, formatted in format f with precision prec, and returns a reference to the byte array.

See also toFloat().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setNum(double n, char f = 'g', int prec = 6)

This is an overloaded function.

Sets the byte array to the printed value of n, formatted in format f with precision prec, and returns a reference to the byte array.

The format f can be any of the following:

With 'e', 'E', and 'f', prec is the number of digits after the decimal point. With 'g' and 'G', prec is the maximum number of significant digits (trailing zeroes are omitted).

See also toDouble().

QByteArray &QByteArray::setRawData(const char *data, uint size)

Resets the QByteArray to use the first size bytes of the data array. The bytes are not copied. The QByteArray will contain the data pointer. The caller guarantees that data will not be deleted or modified as long as this QByteArray and any copies of it exist that have not been modified.

This function can be used instead of fromRawData() to re-use existing QByteArray objects to save memory re-allocations.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.7.

See also fromRawData(), data(), and constData().

void QByteArray::shrink_to_fit()

This function is provided for STL compatibility. It is equivalent to squeeze().

This function was introduced in Qt 5.10.

QByteArray QByteArray::simplified() const

Returns a byte array that has whitespace removed from the start and the end, and which has each sequence of internal whitespace replaced with a single space.

Whitespace means any character for which the standard C++ isspace() function returns true in the C locale. This includes the ASCII isspace() function returns true in the C locale. This includes the ASCII characters '\t', '\n', '\v', '\f', '\r', and ' '.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("  lots\t of\nwhitespace\r\n ");
 ba = ba.simplified();
 // ba == "lots of whitespace";

See also trimmed().

int QByteArray::size() const

Returns the number of bytes in this byte array.

The last byte in the byte array is at position size() - 1. In addition, QByteArray ensures that the byte at position size() is always '\0', so that you can use the return value of data() and constData() as arguments to functions that expect '\0'-terminated strings. If the QByteArray object was created from a raw data that didn't include the trailing null-termination character then QByteArray doesn't add it automaticall unless the deep copy is created.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("Hello");
 int n = ba.size();          // n == 5
 ba.data()[0];               // returns 'H'
 ba.data()[4];               // returns 'o'
 ba.data()[5];               // returns '\0'

See also isEmpty() and resize().

QList<QByteArray> QByteArray::split(char sep) const

Splits the byte array into subarrays wherever sep occurs, and returns the list of those arrays. If sep does not match anywhere in the byte array, split() returns a single-element list containing this byte array.

void QByteArray::squeeze()

Releases any memory not required to store the array's data.

The sole purpose of this function is to provide a means of fine tuning QByteArray's memory usage. In general, you will rarely ever need to call this function.

See also reserve() and capacity().

bool QByteArray::startsWith(const QByteArray &ba) const

Returns true if this byte array starts with byte array ba; otherwise returns false.

Example:

 QByteArray url("ftp://ftp.qt-project.org/");
 if (url.startsWith("ftp:"))
     ...

See also endsWith() and left().

bool QByteArray::startsWith(char ch) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns true if this byte array starts with character ch; otherwise returns false.

bool QByteArray::startsWith(const char *str) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns true if this byte array starts with string str; otherwise returns false.

void QByteArray::swap(QByteArray &other)

Swaps byte array other with this byte array. This operation is very fast and never fails.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.8.

QByteArray QByteArray::toBase64() const

Returns a copy of the byte array, encoded as Base64.

 QByteArray text("Qt is great!");
 text.toBase64();        // returns "UXQgaXMgZ3JlYXQh"

The algorithm used to encode Base64-encoded data is defined in RFC 4648.

See also fromBase64().

QByteArray QByteArray::toBase64(QByteArray::Base64Options options) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns a copy of the byte array, encoded using the options options.

 QByteArray text("<p>Hello?</p>");
 text.toBase64(QByteArray::Base64Encoding | QByteArray::OmitTrailingEquals);      // returns "PHA+SGVsbG8/PC9wPg"
 text.toBase64(QByteArray::Base64Encoding);                                       // returns "PHA+SGVsbG8/PC9wPg=="
 text.toBase64(QByteArray::Base64UrlEncoding);                                    // returns "PHA-SGVsbG8_PC9wPg=="
 text.toBase64(QByteArray::Base64UrlEncoding | QByteArray::OmitTrailingEquals);   // returns "PHA-SGVsbG8_PC9wPg"

The algorithm used to encode Base64-encoded data is defined in RFC 4648.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.2.

See also fromBase64().

CFDataRef QByteArray::toCFData() const

Creates a CFData from a QByteArray. The caller owns the CFData object and is responsible for releasing it.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also toRawCFData(), fromCFData(), fromRawCFData(), and fromRawData().

double QByteArray::toDouble(bool *ok = nullptr) const

Returns the byte array converted to a double value.

Returns an infinity if the conversion overflows or 0.0 if the conversion fails for other reasons (e.g. underflow).

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

 QByteArray string("1234.56");
 bool ok;
 double a = string.toDouble(&ok);   // a == 1234.56, ok == true

 string = "1234.56 Volt";
 a = str.toDouble(&ok);             // a == 0, ok == false

This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

See also number().

float QByteArray::toFloat(bool *ok = nullptr) const

Returns the byte array converted to a float value.

Returns an infinity if the conversion overflows or 0.0 if the conversion fails for other reasons (e.g. underflow).

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

 QByteArray string("1234.56");
 bool ok;
 float a = string.toFloat(&ok);    // a == 1234.56, ok == true

 string = "1234.56 Volt";
 a = str.toFloat(&ok);              // a == 0, ok == false

This function ignores leading and trailing whitespace.

See also number().

QByteArray QByteArray::toHex() const

Returns a hex encoded copy of the byte array. The hex encoding uses the numbers 0-9 and the letters a-f.

See also fromHex().

QByteArray QByteArray::toHex(char separator) const

This is an overloaded function.

Returns a hex encoded copy of the byte array. The hex encoding uses the numbers 0-9 and the letters a-f.

If separator is not '\0', the separator character is inserted between the hex bytes.

Example:

 QByteArray macAddress = QByteArray::fromHex("123456abcdef");
 macAddress.toHex(':'); // returns "12:34:56:ab:cd:ef"
 macAddress.toHex(0);   // returns "123456abcdef"

This function was introduced in Qt 5.9.

See also fromHex().

int QByteArray::toInt(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to an int using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

 QByteArray str("FF");
 bool ok;
 int hex = str.toInt(&ok, 16);     // hex == 255, ok == true
 int dec = str.toInt(&ok, 10);     // dec == 0, ok == false

See also number().

long QByteArray::toLong(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to a long int using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

 QByteArray str("FF");
 bool ok;
 long hex = str.toLong(&ok, 16);   // hex == 255, ok == true
 long dec = str.toLong(&ok, 10);   // dec == 0, ok == false

This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.

See also number().

qlonglong QByteArray::toLongLong(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to a long long using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

See also number().

QByteArray QByteArray::toLower() const

Returns a lowercase copy of the byte array. The bytearray is interpreted as a Latin-1 encoded string.

Example:

 QByteArray x("Qt by THE QT COMPANY");
 QByteArray y = x.toLower();
 // y == "qt by the qt company"

See also isLower(), toUpper(), and 8-bit Character Comparisons.

NSData *QByteArray::toNSData() const

Creates a NSData from a QByteArray. The NSData object is autoreleased.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also fromNSData(), fromRawNSData(), fromRawData(), and toRawNSData().

QByteArray QByteArray::toPercentEncoding(const QByteArray &exclude = QByteArray(), const QByteArray &include = QByteArray(), char percent = '%') const

Returns a URI/URL-style percent-encoded copy of this byte array. The percent parameter allows you to override the default '%' character for another.

By default, this function will encode all characters that are not one of the following:

ALPHA ("a" to "z" and "A" to "Z") / DIGIT (0 to 9) / "-" / "." / "_" / "~"

To prevent characters from being encoded pass them to exclude. To force characters to be encoded pass them to include. The percent character is always encoded.

Example:

 QByteArray text = "{a fishy string?}";
 QByteArray ba = text.toPercentEncoding("{}", "s");
 qDebug(ba.constData());
 // prints "{a fi%73hy %73tring%3F}"

The hex encoding uses the numbers 0-9 and the uppercase letters A-F.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.4.

See also fromPercentEncoding() and QUrl::toPercentEncoding().

CFDataRef QByteArray::toRawCFData() const

Constructs a CFData that uses the bytes of the QByteArray.

The QByteArray's bytes are not copied.

The caller guarantees that the QByteArray will not be deleted or modified as long as this CFData object exists.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also toCFData(), fromRawCFData(), fromCFData(), and fromRawData().

NSData *QByteArray::toRawNSData() const

Constructs a NSData that uses the bytes of the QByteArray.

The QByteArray's bytes are not copied.

The caller guarantees that the QByteArray will not be deleted or modified as long as this NSData object exists.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.3.

See also fromRawNSData(), fromNSData(), fromRawData(), and toNSData().

short QByteArray::toShort(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to a short using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

See also number().

std::string QByteArray::toStdString() const

Returns a std::string object with the data contained in this QByteArray.

This operator is mostly useful to pass a QByteArray to a function that accepts a std::string object.

This function was introduced in Qt 5.4.

See also fromStdString() and QString::toStdString().

uint QByteArray::toUInt(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to an unsigned int using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

See also number().

ulong QByteArray::toULong(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to an unsigned long int using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

This function was introduced in Qt 4.1.

See also number().

qulonglong QByteArray::toULongLong(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to an unsigned long long using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

See also number().

ushort QByteArray::toUShort(bool *ok = nullptr, int base = 10) const

Returns the byte array converted to an unsigned short using base base, which is 10 by default and must be between 2 and 36, or 0.

If base is 0, the base is determined automatically using the following rules: If the byte array begins with "0x", it is assumed to be hexadecimal; if it begins with "0", it is assumed to be octal; otherwise it is assumed to be decimal.

Returns 0 if the conversion fails.

If ok is not nullptr, failure is reported by setting *ok to false, and success by setting *ok to true.

See also number().

QByteArray QByteArray::toUpper() const

Returns an uppercase copy of the byte array. The bytearray is interpreted as a Latin-1 encoded string.

Example:

 QByteArray x("Qt by THE QT COMPANY");
 QByteArray y = x.toUpper();
 // y == "QT BY THE QT COMPANY"

See also isUpper(), toLower(), and 8-bit Character Comparisons.

QByteArray QByteArray::trimmed() const

Returns a byte array that has whitespace removed from the start and the end.

Whitespace means any character for which the standard C++ isspace() function returns true in the C locale. This includes the ASCII characters '\t', '\n', '\v', '\f', '\r', and ' '.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("  lots\t of\nwhitespace\r\n ");
 ba = ba.trimmed();
 // ba == "lots\t of\nwhitespace";

Unlike simplified(), trimmed() leaves internal whitespace alone.

See also simplified().

void QByteArray::truncate(int pos)

Truncates the byte array at index position pos.

If pos is beyond the end of the array, nothing happens.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("Stockholm");
 ba.truncate(5);             // ba == "Stock"

See also chop(), resize(), and left().

bool QByteArray::operator!=(const QString &str) const

Returns true if this byte array is not equal to string str; otherwise returns false.

The Unicode data is converted into 8-bit characters using QString::toUtf8().

The comparison is case sensitive.

You can disable this operator by defining QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(), or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte array to a QString before doing the comparison.

QByteArray &QByteArray::operator+=(const QByteArray &ba)

Appends the byte array ba onto the end of this byte array and returns a reference to this byte array.

Example:

 QByteArray x("free");
 QByteArray y("dom");
 x += y;
 // x == "freedom"

Note: QByteArray is an implicitly shared class. Consequently, if you append to an empty byte array, then the byte array will just share the data held in ba. In this case, no copying of data is done, taking constant time. If a shared instance is modified, it will be copied (copy-on-write), taking linear time.

If the byte array being appended to is not empty, a deep copy of the data is performed, taking linear time.

This operation typically does not suffer from allocation overhead, because QByteArray preallocates extra space at the end of the data so that it may grow without reallocating for each append operation.

See also append() and prepend().

QByteArray &QByteArray::operator+=(char ch)

This is an overloaded function.

Appends the character ch onto the end of this byte array and returns a reference to this byte array.

QByteArray &QByteArray::operator+=(const char *str)

This is an overloaded function.

Appends the string str onto the end of this byte array and returns a reference to this byte array.

bool QByteArray::operator<(const QString &str) const

Returns true if this byte array is lexically less than string str; otherwise returns false.

The Unicode data is converted into 8-bit characters using QString::toUtf8().

The comparison is case sensitive.

You can disable this operator by defining QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(), or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte array to a QString before doing the comparison.

bool QByteArray::operator<=(const QString &str) const

Returns true if this byte array is lexically less than or equal to string str; otherwise returns false.

The Unicode data is converted into 8-bit characters using QString::toUtf8().

The comparison is case sensitive.

You can disable this operator by defining QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(), or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte array to a QString before doing the comparison.

QByteArray &QByteArray::operator=(const char *str)

This is an overloaded function.

Assigns str to this byte array.

bool QByteArray::operator==(const QString &str) const

Returns true if this byte array is equal to string str; otherwise returns false.

The Unicode data is converted into 8-bit characters using QString::toUtf8().

The comparison is case sensitive.

You can disable this operator by defining QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(), or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte array to a QString before doing the comparison.

bool QByteArray::operator>(const QString &str) const

Returns true if this byte array is lexically greater than string str; otherwise returns false.

The Unicode data is converted into 8-bit characters using QString::toUtf8().

The comparison is case sensitive.

You can disable this operator by defining QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(), or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte array to a QString before doing the comparison.

bool QByteArray::operator>=(const QString &str) const

Returns true if this byte array is greater than or equal to string str; otherwise returns false.

The Unicode data is converted into 8-bit characters using QString::toUtf8().

The comparison is case sensitive.

You can disable this operator by defining QT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII when you compile your applications. You then need to call QString::fromUtf8(), QString::fromLatin1(), or QString::fromLocal8Bit() explicitly if you want to convert the byte array to a QString before doing the comparison.

QByteRef QByteArray::operator[](int i)

Returns the byte at index position i as a modifiable reference.

If an assignment is made beyond the end of the byte array, the array is extended with resize() before the assignment takes place.

Example:

 QByteArray ba("Hello, world");
 cout << ba[0]; // prints H
 ba[7] = 'W';
 // ba == "Hello, World"

The return value is of type QByteRef, a helper class for QByteArray. When you get an object of type QByteRef, you can use it as if it were a char &. If you assign to it, the assignment will apply to the character in the QByteArray from which you got the reference.

See also at().

char QByteArray::operator[](int i) const

This is an overloaded function.

Same as at(i).

char QByteArray::operator[](uint i) const

This is an overloaded function.

QByteRef QByteArray::operator[](uint i)

This is an overloaded function.

 QByteArray ba = QByteArrayLiteral("byte array contents");