C# Encoding GetBytes(Char[], Int32, Int32, Byte[], Int32)

Description

Encoding GetBytes(Char[], Int32, Int32, Byte[], Int32) When overridden in a derived class, encodes a set of characters from the specified character array into the specified byte array.

Syntax

Encoding.GetBytes(Char[], Int32, Int32, Byte[], Int32) has the following syntax.

public abstract int GetBytes(
  char[] chars,//from   w w  w  .  j  a v a  2s . c  om
  int charIndex,
  int charCount,
  byte[] bytes,
  int byteIndex
)

Parameters

Encoding.GetBytes(Char[], Int32, Int32, Byte[], Int32) has the following parameters.

• chars - The character array containing the set of characters to encode.
• charIndex - The index of the first character to encode.
• charCount - The number of characters to encode.
• bytes - The byte array to contain the resulting sequence of bytes.
• byteIndex - The index at which to start writing the resulting sequence of bytes.

Returns

Encoding.GetBytes(Char[], Int32, Int32, Byte[], Int32) method returns The actual number of bytes written into bytes.

Example

using System;//from   w w  w.j  a v a 2s . com
using System.Text;

public class SamplesEncoding
{

    public static void Main()
    {

        char[] myChars = new char[] { 'z', 'a', '\u0306', '\u01FD', '\u03B2', '\uD8FF', '\uDCFF' };
        Encoding enc = Encoding.UTF8;
        byte[] bytes = new byte[100];
        enc.GetBytes(myChars, 0, 3, bytes, bytes.GetLowerBound(0));
        for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
            Console.Write("{0:X2} ", bytes[i]);
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.