Converting a string to a byte array. - CSharp Language Basics

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Description

Converting a string to a byte array.

Demo Code

using System;/*w  w w.j av  a  2s.c  om*/
using System.Text;                // Need for type UTF8Encoding.
using System.Globalization;       // Need for cultures.
class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        UTF8Encoding encoding = new UTF8Encoding();
        Console.WriteLine("\nConvert a string to a byte array.");
        string custName = "book2s.com";
        int numBytesInString = encoding.GetByteCount(custName); 

        byte[] theBytes = encoding.GetBytes(custName);
        Console.WriteLine(theBytes.Length);
        foreach (byte b in theBytes)
        {
            Console.Write(b + " ");
        }
    }
}

Result


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