Takes in any string and convert it into a Byte array, suitable for e.g. insertion into a REG_BINARY Registry value.

    
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="Utility.cs" company="ParanoidMike">
//     Copyright (c) ParanoidMike. All rights reserved.
// </copyright>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------

namespace ParanoidMike
{
    using System;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using System.IO;
    using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
    using Microsoft.Win32;

    /// <summary>
    /// Reusable functions for many uses.
    /// </summary>
    public static class Utility
    {

        /// <summary>
        /// Takes in any string and convert it into a Byte array, suitable for e.g. insertion into a REG_BINARY Registry value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="inputString">
        /// String value to be converted to a Byte array.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// Byte array, converted from the input String value.
        /// </returns>
        public static byte[] ConvertStringToByteArray(string inputString)
        {
            byte[] outputByteArray;
            string[] hexCodesFromString = inputString.Split(',');
            int upperBound = hexCodesFromString.GetUpperBound(0);
            outputByteArray = new byte[upperBound]; // doing this to resolve uninitialized variable error that appeared below

            for (int i = 0; i < upperBound; i++)
            {
                outputByteArray[i] = Convert.ToByte(hexCodesFromString[i], 16);
            }

            return outputByteArray;
        }
    }
}

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Takes in any string and convert it into a Byte array, suitable for e.g. insertion into a REG_BINARY Registry value. : String Split « Data Types « C# / C Sharp

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