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Returns a sequence of bytes that specifies the encoding used.

   

using System;
using System.Text;

   class GetPreambleExampleClass
   {
      static void Main()
      {
         Encoding unicode = Encoding.Unicode;
         byte[] preamble = unicode.GetPreamble();
         if(preamble.Length >= 2)
         {
            if(preamble[0] == 0xFE && preamble[1] == 0xFF)
            {
               Console.WriteLine("encoding in big-endian order.");
            }
            else if(preamble[0] == 0xFF && preamble[1] == 0xFE)
            {
               Console.WriteLine("encoding in little-endian order.");
            }
         }
      }
   }

   
    
    
  








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