# Data:getPointer

Gets a pointer to the Data. Can be used with libraries such as LuaJIT's FFI.

| Use at your own risk. Directly reading from and writing to the raw memory owned by the Data will bypass any safety checks and thread-safety the Data might normally have. |

## Function

### Synopsis

    pointer = Data:getPointer( )

### Arguments

None.

### Returns

`light userdata pointer`
  A raw pointer to the Data.

## See Also

- Data
- Data:getSize
- Data:getString

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Category:

- Functions