asData

• function
• The asData() function is most commonly called using the as data operator.

    For example, the raw binary contents of a file or URL can be accessed using as data:

         set myData to file "/tmp/data" as data 

    It is also possible to write binary data to a file:

         put myData as data into file "/tmp/data" 

    • When two known binary data values are compared for equality, they are compared byte for byte to see that they have exactly the same binary contents.

    • When values are converted between text and binary data, the current setting of the defaultStringEncoding global property is used to determine the encoding to be used.

• Related: defaultStringEncoding