C# ASCIIEncoding GetMaxCharCount

Description

ASCIIEncoding GetMaxCharCount Calculates the maximum number of characters produced by decoding the specified number of bytes.

Syntax

ASCIIEncoding.GetMaxCharCount has the following syntax.

public override int GetMaxCharCount(
  int byteCount
)

Parameters

ASCIIEncoding.GetMaxCharCount has the following parameters.

• byteCount - The number of bytes to decode.

Returns

ASCIIEncoding.GetMaxCharCount method returns The maximum number of characters produced by decoding the specified number of bytes.

Example

using System;//w ww  .  jav  a  2  s.  c o m
using System.Text;

class ASCIIEncodingExample {
    public static void Main() {
        ASCIIEncoding ascii = new ASCIIEncoding();
        int byteCount = 8;
        int maxCharCount = ascii.GetMaxCharCount(byteCount);
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Maximum of {0} characters needed to decode {1} bytes.",
            maxCharCount,
            byteCount
        );
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.