C# BitConverter ToChar

Description

BitConverter ToChar returns a Unicode character converted from two bytes at a specified position in a byte array.

Syntax

BitConverter.ToChar has the following syntax.

public static char ToChar(
  byte[] value,
  int startIndex
)

Parameters

BitConverter.ToChar has the following parameters.

• value - An array.
• startIndex - The starting position within value.

Returns

BitConverter.ToChar method returns A character formed by two bytes beginning at startIndex.

Example

The following code example converts elements of Byte arrays to Char values (Unicode characters) with the ToChar method.

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class BytesToCharDemo
{
    public static void Main( )
    {
        byte[] bytes = {
             32,   0,   0,  42,   0,  65,   0, 125,   0, 
            197,   0, 168,   3,  41,   4, 172,  32 };
        char value = BitConverter.ToChar( bytes, 0 );

        Console.WriteLine( value );
    }
}

The code above generates the following result.