C# UnicodeEncoding GetByteCount(Char[])

Description

UnicodeEncoding GetByteCount(Char[]) When overridden in a derived class, calculates the number of bytes produced by encoding all the characters in the specified character array.

Syntax

UnicodeEncoding.GetByteCount(Char[]) has the following syntax.

public virtual int GetByteCount(
  char[] chars
)

Parameters

UnicodeEncoding.GetByteCount(Char[]) has the following parameters.

• chars - The character array containing the characters to encode.

Returns

UnicodeEncoding.GetByteCount(Char[]) method returns The number of bytes produced by encoding all the characters in the specified character array.

Example

using System;/*from   ww  w  . j a va  2s.co m*/
using System.Text;

public class SamplesEncoding
{

    public static void Main()
    {
        char[] chars = new char[] { 'z', 'a', '\u0306', '\u01FD', '\u03B2', '\uD8FF', '\uDCFF' };
        Encoding enc = Encoding.Unicode;
        Console.WriteLine(enc.ToString());
        int iBC = enc.GetByteCount(chars);
        Console.WriteLine(" {0,-3}", iBC);
    }

}

The code above generates the following result.