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BitConverter.GetBytes Method (Int16)

Visual Studio 2008

Returns the specified 16-bit signed integer value as an array of bytes.

Namespace:  System
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

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'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetBytes ( _
	value As Short _
) As Byte()
'Usage
Dim value As Short 
Dim returnValue As Byte()

returnValue = BitConverter.GetBytes(value)

Parameters

value
Type: System.Int16

The number to convert.

Return Value

Type: System.Byte()
An array of bytes with length 2.

The following code example converts the bit patterns of Int16 values to Byte arrays with the GetBytes method.

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' Example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( Short ) method. 
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic

Module GetBytesInt16Demo

    Const formatter As String = "{0,10}{1,13}" 

    ' Convert a Short argument to a Byte array and display it. 
    Sub GetBytesInt16( argument As Short )

        Dim byteArray As Byte( ) = BitConverter.GetBytes( argument )
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, argument, _
            BitConverter.ToString( byteArray ) )
    End Sub  

    Sub Main( )

        Console.WriteLine( _
            "This example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( Short ) " & _
            vbCrLf & "method generates the following " & _
            "output." & vbCrLf )
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, "Short", "Byte array" )
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, "-----", "----------" )

        ' Convert Short values and display the results.
        GetBytesInt16( 0 )
        GetBytesInt16( 15 )
        GetBytesInt16( -15 )
        GetBytesInt16( 10000 )
        GetBytesInt16( -10000 )
        GetBytesInt16( Short.MinValue )
        GetBytesInt16( Short.MaxValue )
    End Sub  
End Module 

' This example of the BitConverter.GetBytes( Short ) 
' method generates the following output. 
'  
'      Short   Byte array 
'      -----   ---------- 
'          0        00-00 
'         15        0F-00 
'        -15        F1-FF 
'      10000        10-27 
'     -10000        F0-D8 
'     -32768        00-80 
'      32767        FF-7F

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

.NET Framework

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

.NET Compact Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 2.0, 1.0

XNA Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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