Encoding.GetBytes Method (String, Int32, Int32, Byte[], Int32)

Encodes the specified range of a String into the specified range of a byte array.

[Visual Basic]
Overloads Public Overridable Function GetBytes( _
   ByVal s As String, _
   ByVal charIndex As Integer, _
   ByVal charCount As Integer, _
   ByVal bytes() As Byte, _
   ByVal byteIndex As Integer _
) As Integer
[C#]
public virtual int GetBytes(
 string s,
 int charIndex,
 int charCount,
 byte[] bytes,
 int byteIndex
);
[C++]
public: virtual int GetBytes(
 String* s,
 int charIndex,
 int charCount,
 unsigned char bytes __gc[],
 int byteIndex
);
[JScript]
public function GetBytes(
   s : String,
 charIndex : int,
 charCount : int,
 bytes : Byte[],
 byteIndex : int
) : int;

Parameters

s

A String to encode.

charIndex

The first index of s from which to encode.

charCount

The number of characters of s to encode.

bytes

The byte array to encode into.

byteIndex

The first index of bytes to encode into.

Return Value

The number of encoded bytes in array bytes.

Exceptions

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, .NET Compact Framework, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard

See Also

Encoding Class | Encoding Members | System.Text Namespace | Encoding.GetBytes Overload List