C# Guid Guid(Byte[])

Description

Guid Guid(Byte[]) initializes a new instance of the Guid structure by using the specified array of bytes.

Syntax

Guid.Guid(Byte[]) has the following syntax.

public Guid(
  byte[] b
)

Parameters

Guid.Guid(Byte[]) has the following parameters.

• b - A 16-element byte array containing values with which to initialize the GUID.

Example

The following code creates Guid from byte array.

//  w w w .  j av a 2 s  . c  o m
using System;

public class Example
{
   public static void Main()
   {

      // Create a GUID with all zeros and compare it to Empty.
      Byte[] bytes = new Byte[16];
      Guid guid2 = new Guid(bytes);
      Console.WriteLine(guid2);
      Console.WriteLine("Empty: {0}", guid2 == Guid.Empty);
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.