love.data.newDataView

Available since LÖVE 11.0
This function is not supported in earlier versions.

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

This function can be slow if it is called repeatedly, such as from love.update or love.draw. If you need to use a specific resource often, create it once and store it somewhere it can be reused!

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.