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BitConverter.ToString Method (Byte[], Int32)

.NET Framework 4

Converts the numeric value of each element of a specified subarray of bytes to its equivalent hexadecimal string representation.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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public static string ToString(
	byte[] value,
	int startIndex
)

Parameters

value
Type: System.Byte[]
An array of bytes.
startIndex
Type: System.Int32
The starting position within value.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A string of hexadecimal pairs separated by hyphens, where each pair represents the corresponding element in a subarray of value; for example, "7F-2C-4A-00".
Exception Condition
ArgumentNullException

value is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

startIndex is less than zero or greater than the length of value minus 1.

The elements from array position startIndex to the end of the array are converted.

The following code example converts the part of a Byte array starting at the specified startIndex to a String with the ToString method.

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// Example of some BitConverter.ToString( ) method overloads.
using System;

class BytesToStringDemo
{
    // Display a byte array, using multiple lines if necessary.
    public static void WriteMultiLineByteArray( byte[ ] bytes, 
        string name )
    {
        const int rowSize = 20;
        const string underLine = "--------------------------------";
        int iter;

        Console.WriteLine( name );
        Console.WriteLine( underLine.Substring( 0, 
            Math.Min( name.Length, underLine.Length ) ) );

        for( iter = 0; iter < bytes.Length - rowSize; iter += rowSize )
        {
            Console.Write( 
                BitConverter.ToString( bytes, iter, rowSize ) );
            Console.WriteLine( "-" );
        }

        Console.WriteLine( BitConverter.ToString( bytes, iter ) );
        Console.WriteLine( );
    }

    public static void Main( )
    {
        byte[ ] arrayOne = {
              0,   0,   0,   0, 128,  63,   0,   0, 112,  65, 
              0, 255, 127,  71,   0,   0, 128,  59,   0,   0, 
            128,  47,  73,  70, 131,   5,  75,   6, 158,  63, 
             77,   6, 158,  63,  80,   6, 158,  63,  30,  55, 
            190, 121, 255, 255, 127, 255, 255, 127, 127,   1, 
              0,   0,   0, 192, 255,   0,   0, 128, 255,   0, 
              0, 128, 127 };

        byte[ ] arrayTwo = {
            255, 255, 255,   0,   0,  20,   0,  33,   0,   0, 
              0,   1,   0,   0,   0, 100, 167, 179, 182, 224, 
             13,   0, 202, 154,  59,   0, 143,  91,   0, 170, 
            170, 170, 170, 170, 170,   0,   0, 232, 137,   4, 
             35, 199, 138, 255, 232, 244, 255, 252, 205, 255, 
            255, 129 };

        byte[ ] arrayThree = {
              0, 222,   0,   0,   0, 224, 111,  64,   0,   0, 
            224, 255, 255, 255, 239,  65,   0,   0, 131,   0, 
              0,   0, 112,  63,   0, 143,   0, 100,   0,   0, 
            240,  61, 223, 136,  30,  28, 254, 116, 170,   1, 
            250,  89, 140,  66, 202, 192, 243,  63, 251,  89, 
            140,  66, 202, 192, 243,  63, 252,  89, 140,  66, 
            202, 192, 243,  63,  82, 211, 187, 188, 232, 126, 
            255, 255, 255, 244, 255, 239, 127,   1,   0,   0, 
              0,  10,  17,   0,   0, 248, 255,   0,  88,   0, 
             91,   0,   0, 240, 255,   0,   0, 240, 157 };

        Console.WriteLine( "This example of the\n" +
            "  BitConverter.ToString( byte[ ], int ) and \n" +
            "  BitConverter.ToString( byte[ ], int, int ) \n" +
            "methods generates the following output.\n" );

        WriteMultiLineByteArray( arrayOne, "arrayOne" );
        WriteMultiLineByteArray( arrayTwo, "arrayTwo" );
        WriteMultiLineByteArray( arrayThree, "arrayThree" );
    }
}

/*
This example of the
  BitConverter.ToString( byte[ ], int ) and
  BitConverter.ToString( byte[ ], int, int )
methods generates the following output.

arrayOne
--------
00-00-00-00-80-3F-00-00-70-41-00-FF-7F-47-00-00-80-3B-00-00-
80-2F-49-46-83-05-4B-06-9E-3F-4D-06-9E-3F-50-06-9E-3F-1E-37-
BE-79-FF-FF-7F-FF-FF-7F-7F-01-00-00-00-C0-FF-00-00-80-FF-00-
00-80-7F

arrayTwo
--------
FF-FF-FF-00-00-14-00-21-00-00-00-01-00-00-00-64-A7-B3-B6-E0-
0D-00-CA-9A-3B-00-8F-5B-00-AA-AA-AA-AA-AA-AA-00-00-E8-89-04-
23-C7-8A-FF-E8-F4-FF-FC-CD-FF-FF-81

arrayThree
----------
00-DE-00-00-00-E0-6F-40-00-00-E0-FF-FF-FF-EF-41-00-00-83-00-
00-00-70-3F-00-8F-00-64-00-00-F0-3D-DF-88-1E-1C-FE-74-AA-01-
FA-59-8C-42-CA-C0-F3-3F-FB-59-8C-42-CA-C0-F3-3F-FC-59-8C-42-
CA-C0-F3-3F-52-D3-BB-BC-E8-7E-FF-FF-FF-F4-FF-EF-7F-01-00-00-
00-0A-11-00-00-F8-FF-00-58-00-5B-00-00-F0-FF-00-00-F0-9D
*/

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Portable Class Library

Supported in: Portable Class Library

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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