C# ASCIIEncoding GetByteCount(String)

Description

ASCIIEncoding GetByteCount(String) Calculates the number of bytes produced by encoding the characters in the specified String.

Syntax

ASCIIEncoding.GetByteCount(String) has the following syntax.

public override int GetByteCount(
  string chars
)

Parameters

ASCIIEncoding.GetByteCount(String) has the following parameters.

• chars - The String containing the set of characters to encode.

Returns

ASCIIEncoding.GetByteCount(String) method returns The number of bytes produced by encoding the specified characters.

Example

using System;//  w w w . j  a v  a2  s .  c  o  m
using System.Text;

class ASCIIEncodingExample {
    public static void Main() {
        String chars = "ASCII Encoding Example";

        ASCIIEncoding ascii = new ASCIIEncoding();
        int byteCount = ascii.GetByteCount(chars);
        Console.WriteLine(
            "{0} bytes needed to encode string.", byteCount
        );
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.