Zip Compress String - CSharp System.IO.Compression

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Description

Zip Compress String

Demo Code


using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;/*from   w  ww  .j a va 2  s.c  o m*/

public class Main{
        public static string ZipCompress(this string value)
        {
            //Transform string into byte[]  
            byte[] byteArray = new byte[value.Length];
            int indexBA = 0;
            foreach (char item in value.ToCharArray())
            {
                byteArray[indexBA++] = (byte)item;
            }

            //Prepare for compress
            System.IO.MemoryStream ms = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
            System.IO.Compression.GZipStream sw = new System.IO.Compression.GZipStream(ms,
                System.IO.Compression.CompressionMode.Compress);

            //Compress
            sw.Write(byteArray, 0, byteArray.Length);
            //Close, DO NOT FLUSH cause bytes will go missing...
            sw.Close();

            //Transform byte[] zip data to string
            byteArray = ms.ToArray();
            System.Text.StringBuilder sB = new System.Text.StringBuilder(byteArray.Length);
            foreach (byte item in byteArray)
            {
                sB.Append((char)item);
            }
            ms.Close();
            sw.Dispose();
            ms.Dispose();
            return sB.ToString();
        }
}

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