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ASCIIEncoding.GetBytes

Encodes a range of an array of characters into a array of bytes.

[Visual Basic]
Overrides Public Function GetBytes( _
   ByVal chars() As Char, _
   ByVal charIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal charCount As Integer, _
   ByVal bytes() As Byte, _
   ByVal byteIndex As Integer _
) As Integer
[C#]
public override int GetBytes(
   char[] chars,
   int charIndex,
   int charCount,
   byte[] bytes,
   int byteIndex
);
[C++]
public: override int GetBytes(
   __wchar_t* chars[],
   int charIndex,
   int charCount,
   unsigned char* bytes[],
   int byteIndex
);
[JScript]
public override function GetBytes(
   chars : Char[],
   charIndex : int,
   charCount : int,
   bytes : Byte[],
   byteIndex : int
) : int;

Parameters

chars
The character array to encode.
charIndex
The starting index where encoding begins.
charCount
The number of characters to encode.
bytes
The byte array to encode into.
byteIndex
The starting index in the byte array.

Return Value

The number of bytes stored into the byte array.

Exceptions

Exception Type Condition
ArgumentNullException If chars or bytes is a null reference (in Visual Basic Nothing).
ArgumentOutOfRangeException If charIndex, charCount or byteIndex is less than zero.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException If charIndex + charCount is greater than the length of chars.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException If byteIndex + charCount is greater than the length of bytes.

Remarks

This method overrides GetBytes.

This method can be used to determine the exact number of bytes that will be produced for a specified range of characters. Alternatively, the GetMaxByteCount method can be used to determine the maximum number of bytes that will be produced for a specified number of characters, regardless of the actual character values.

See Also

ASCIIEncoding Class | ASCIIEncoding Members | System.Text Namespace