C# Encoding GetBytes(String)

Description

Encoding GetBytes(String) When overridden in a derived class, encodes all the characters in the specified string into a sequence of bytes.

Syntax

Encoding.GetBytes(String) has the following syntax.

public virtual byte[] GetBytes(
  string s
)

Parameters

Encoding.GetBytes(String) has the following parameters.

• s - The string containing the characters to encode.

Returns

Encoding.GetBytes(String) method returns

Example

using System;//from   www.  j  a v  a  2s.  c o m
using System.Text;

public class SamplesEncoding
{

    public static void Main()
    {
        String s = "za\u0306\u01FD\u03B2\uD8FF\uDCFF";
        Encoding enc = Encoding.UTF8;
        byte[] bytes = enc.GetBytes(s);
        for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
            Console.Write("{0:X2} ", bytes[i]);
        Console.WriteLine();
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.