= nng_msg_header_chop(3)
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== NAME

nng_msg_header_chop - remove data from end of message header

== SYNOPSIS

[source, c]
----
#include <nng/nng.h>

int nng_msg_header_chop(nng_msg *msg, size_t size);
int nng_msg_header_chop_u16(nng_msg *msg, uint16_t *val16);
int nng_msg_header_chop_u32(nng_msg *msg, uint32_t *val32);
int nng_msg_header_chop_u64(nng_msg *msg, uint64_t *val64);
----

== DESCRIPTION

The `nng_msg_header_chop()` family of functions removes
data from the end of the header of message _msg_.
The first function removes _size_ bytes.
The remaining functions remove 2, 4, or 8 bytes, and stores them in the value
(such as _val32_),
after converting them from network-byte order (big-endian) to native
byte order.

== RETURN VALUES

These function return 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.

== ERRORS

[horizontal]
`NNG_EINVAL`:: The message header is too short to remove the requested data.

== SEE ALSO

[.text-left]
xref:nng_msg_alloc.3.adoc[nng_msg_alloc(3)],
xref:nng_msg_header.3.adoc[nng_msg_header(3)],
xref:nng_msg_header_append.3.adoc[nng_msg_header_append(3)],
xref:nng_msg_header_insert.3.adoc[nng_msg_header_insert(3)],
xref:nng_msg_header_len.3.adoc[nng_msg_header_len(3)],
xref:nng_msg_header_trim.3.adoc[nng_msg_header_trim(3)],
xref:nng_msg_free.3.adoc[nng_msg_free(3)],
xref:nng_strerror.3.adoc[nng_strerror(3)],
xref:nng.7.adoc[nng(7)]