## nng_msg_chop

Remove data from end of message body.

### Synopsis

```c
#include <nng/nng.h>

int nng_msg_chop(nng_msg *msg, size_t size);
int nng_msg_chop_u16(nng_msg *msg, uint16_t *val16);
int nng_msg_chop_u32(nng_msg *msg, uint32_t *val32);
int nng_msg_chop_u64(nng_msg *msg, uint64_t *val64);
```

### Description

These functions remove data from the end of the body of message _msg_.

The `nng_msg_chop` 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 functions return 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.

### Errors

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`NNG_EINVAL`:: The message body is too short to remove the requested data.

### See Also

xref:nng_msg_append.adoc[nng_msg_append],
xref:nng_msg_body.adoc[nng_msg_body],
xref:nng_msg_len.adoc[nng_msg_len],
xref:nng_msg_trim.adoc[nng_msg_trim]
