UTF8Encoding.GetBytes Method (Char[], Int32, Int32, Byte[], Int32)
Encodes a set of characters from the specified character array into the specified byte array.
Namespace: System.Text
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
public override int GetBytes( char[] chars, int charIndex, int charCount, byte[] bytes, int byteIndex )
Parameters
- chars
- Type: System.Char[]
The character array containing the set of characters to encode.
- charIndex
- Type: System.Int32
The index of the first character to encode.
- charCount
- Type: System.Int32
The number of characters to encode.
- bytes
- Type: System.Byte[]
The byte array to contain the resulting sequence of bytes.
- byteIndex
- Type: System.Int32
The index at which to start writing the resulting sequence of bytes.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | chars is null. -or- bytes is null. |
| ArgumentOutOfRangeException | charIndex or charCount or byteIndex is less than zero. -or- charIndex and charCount do not denote a valid range in chars. -or- byteIndex is not a valid index in bytes. |
| ArgumentException | Error detection is enabled, and chars contains an invalid sequence of characters. -or- bytes does not have enough capacity from byteIndex to the end of the array to accommodate the resulting bytes. |
| EncoderFallbackException | A fallback occurred (see Character Encoding in the .NET Framework for complete explanation) -and- EncoderFallback is set to EncoderExceptionFallback. |
To calculate the exact array size required by GetBytes to store the resulting bytes, the application uses GetByteCount. To calculate the maximum array size, the application should use GetMaxByteCount. The GetByteCount method generally allows allocation of less memory, while the GetMaxByteCount method generally executes faster.
With error detection, an invalid sequence causes this method to throw a ArgumentException. Without error detection, invalid sequences are ignored, and no exception is thrown.
Data to be converted, such as data read from a stream, might be available only in sequential blocks. In this case, or if the amount of data is so large that it needs to be divided into smaller blocks, the application uses the Decoder or the Encoder provided by the GetDecoder method or the GetEncoder method, respectively.
 Note |
|---|
To ensure that the encoded bytes are decoded properly, the application should prefix encoded bytes with a preamble. |
The following example demonstrates how to use the GetBytes method to encode a range of characters from a String and store the encoded bytes in a range of elements in a byte array.
using System; using System.Text; class UTF8EncodingExample { public static void Main() { Byte[] bytes; String chars = "UTF8 Encoding Example"; UTF8Encoding utf8 = new UTF8Encoding(); int byteCount = utf8.GetByteCount(chars.ToCharArray(), 0, 13); bytes = new Byte[byteCount]; int bytesEncodedCount = utf8.GetBytes(chars, 0, 13, bytes, 0); Console.WriteLine( "{0} bytes used to encode string.", bytesEncodedCount ); Console.Write("Encoded bytes: "); foreach (Byte b in bytes) { Console.Write("[{0}]", b); } Console.WriteLine(); } }
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The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
