UTF8Encoding.GetMaxCharCount(Int32) Method

public:
 override int GetMaxCharCount(int byteCount);

public override int GetMaxCharCount (int byteCount);

override this.GetMaxCharCount : int -> int

Public Overrides Function GetMaxCharCount (byteCount As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

Returns

The maximum number of characters produced by decoding the specified number of bytes.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example uses the GetMaxCharCount method to return the maximum number of characters produced by decoding a specified number of bytes.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;
int main()
{
   UTF8Encoding^ utf8 = gcnew UTF8Encoding;
   int byteCount = 8;
   int maxCharCount = utf8->GetMaxCharCount( byteCount );
   Console::WriteLine( "Maximum of {0} characters needed to decode {1} bytes.", maxCharCount, byteCount );
}

using System;
using System.Text;

class UTF8EncodingExample {
    public static void Main() {
        UTF8Encoding utf8 = new UTF8Encoding();
        int byteCount = 8;
        int maxCharCount = utf8.GetMaxCharCount(byteCount);
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Maximum of {0} characters needed to decode {1} bytes.",
            maxCharCount,
            byteCount
        );
    }
}

Imports System.Text

Class UTF8EncodingExample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Dim utf8 As New UTF8Encoding()
        Dim byteCount As Integer = 8
        Dim maxCharCount As Integer = utf8.GetMaxCharCount(byteCount)
        Console.WriteLine( _
            "Maximum of {0} characters needed to decode {1} bytes.", _
            maxCharCount, _
            byteCount _
        )
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

To calculate the exact array size required by GetChars to store the resulting characters, you call the GetCharCount method. To calculate the maximum array size, you call the GetMaxCharCount method. The GetCharCount method generally allocates less memory, while the GetMaxCharCount method generally executes faster.

GetMaxCharCount is a worst-case number, including the worst case for the currently selected DecoderFallback. If a fallback is chosen with a potentially large string, GetMaxCharCount can return large values.

In most cases, this method returns reasonable numbers for small strings. For large strings, you might have to choose between using very large buffers and catching errors in the rare case that a more reasonable buffer is exceeded. You might also want to consider a different approach using GetCharCount or Encoder.Convert.

GetMaxCharCount has no relation to GetBytes. If your application needs a similar function to use with GetBytes, it should use GetMaxByteCount.

Applies to

See also

• GetChars(Byte[], Int32, Int32, Char[], Int32)
• GetString(Byte[], Int32, Int32)
• GetCharCount(Byte[], Int32, Int32)
• GetDecoder()