CSharp examples for System:Byte Array
Converts string of hex numbers to array of bytes.
// Copyright (c) 2013 Alexander Logger. All rights reserved. using System.Linq; using System;/*from w ww . j a v a 2 s .c o m*/ public class Main{ private static readonly byte[] CharToByteLookupTable = { 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff }; /// <summary> /// Converts string of hex numbers to array of bytes. /// </summary> /// <param name="hexString">String value.</param> /// <returns>Array of bytes.</returns> public static byte[] HexToBytes(this string hexString) { byte[] bytes; if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(hexString)) { bytes = new byte[0]; } else { int stringLength = hexString.Length; int characterIndex = (hexString.StartsWith("0x", StringComparison.Ordinal)) ? 2 : 0; // Does the string define leading HEX indicator '0x'. Adjust starting index accordingly. int numberOfCharacters = stringLength - characterIndex; bool addLeadingZero = false; if (0 != (numberOfCharacters%2)) { addLeadingZero = true; numberOfCharacters += 1; // Leading '0' has been striped from the string presentation. } bytes = new byte[numberOfCharacters/2]; // Initialize our byte array to hold the converted string. int writeIndex = 0; if (addLeadingZero) { bytes[writeIndex++] = CharToByteLookupTable[hexString[characterIndex]]; characterIndex += 1; } while (characterIndex < hexString.Length) { int hi = CharToByteLookupTable[hexString[characterIndex++]]; int lo = CharToByteLookupTable[hexString[characterIndex++]]; bytes[writeIndex++] = (byte) (hi << 4 | lo); } } return bytes; } }