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BitConverter::GetBytes Method (Int32)
Visual Studio 2010
Returns the specified 32-bit signed integer value as an array of bytes.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- value
- Type: System::Int32
The number to convert.
The order of bytes in the array returned by the GetBytes method depends on whether the computer architecture is little-endian or big-endian.
The following code example converts the bit patterns of Int32 values to Byte arrays with the GetBytes method.
// Example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( int ) method. using namespace System; // Convert an int argument to a byte array and display it. void GetBytesInt32( int argument ) { array<Byte>^byteArray = BitConverter::GetBytes( argument ); Console::WriteLine( "{0,16}{1,20}", argument, BitConverter::ToString( byteArray ) ); } int main() { Console::WriteLine( "This example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( int ) " "\nmethod generates the following output.\n" ); Console::WriteLine( "{0,16}{1,20}", "int", "byte array" ); Console::WriteLine( "{0,16}{1,20}", "---", "----------" ); // Convert int values and display the results. GetBytesInt32( 0 ); GetBytesInt32( 15 ); GetBytesInt32( -15 ); GetBytesInt32( 0x100000 ); GetBytesInt32( -0x100000 ); GetBytesInt32( 1000000000 ); GetBytesInt32( -1000000000 ); GetBytesInt32( Int32::MinValue ); GetBytesInt32( Int32::MaxValue ); } /* This example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( int ) method generates the following output. int byte array --- ---------- 0 00-00-00-00 15 0F-00-00-00 -15 F1-FF-FF-FF 1048576 00-00-10-00 -1048576 00-00-F0-FF 1000000000 00-CA-9A-3B -1000000000 00-36-65-C4 -2147483648 00-00-00-80 2147483647 FF-FF-FF-7F */
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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