C# Encoding GetBytes(Char[])

Description

Encoding GetBytes(Char[]) When overridden in a derived class, encodes all the characters in the specified character array into a sequence of bytes.

Syntax

Encoding.GetBytes(Char[]) has the following syntax.

public virtual byte[] GetBytes(
  char[] chars
)

Parameters

Encoding.GetBytes(Char[]) has the following parameters.

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

Returns

Encoding.GetBytes(Char[]) method returns

Example

using System;/*  w  w w  . j  a  v  a 2  s. c  o  m*/
using System.Text;

public class SamplesEncoding
{

    public static void Main()
    {
        char[] myChars = new char[] { 'z', 'a', '\u0306', '\u01FD', '\u03B2', '\uD8FF', '\uDCFF' };
        Encoding enc = Encoding.UTF8;
        byte[] bytes = enc.GetBytes(myChars);
        for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
            Console.Write("{0:X2} ", bytes[i]);
    }

}

The code above generates the following result.