Converting NSData to an NSString representation is failing

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Published on 2010-03-16T11:06:42Z Indexed on 2010/03/17 2:01 UTC
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Hi there.

I have an NSData object which I am trying to turn into an NSString using the following line of code:

NSString *theData = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:photo encoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

Unfortunately I am getting the following result, instead of my desired binary output (can I expect a binary output here?);

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I'd appreciate any help.
Thanks. Ricky.

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