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BitConverter::GetBytes Method (UInt16)

 

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

This API is not CLS-compliant.

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

public:
[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)]
static array<unsigned char>^ GetBytes(
	unsigned short value
)

Parameters

value
Type: System::UInt16

The number to convert.

Return Value

Type: array<System::Byte>^

An array of bytes with length 2.

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 UInt16 values to Byte arrays with the GetBytes method.

// Example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( unsigned short ) method.
using namespace System;

// Convert an unsigned short argument to a byte array and display it.
void GetBytesUInt16( unsigned short argument )
{
   array<Byte>^byteArray = BitConverter::GetBytes( argument );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,14}{1,13}", argument, BitConverter::ToString( byteArray ) );
}

int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "This example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( unsigned "
   "short ) \nmethod generates the following output.\n" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,14}{1,13}", "unsigned short", "byte array" );
   Console::WriteLine( "{0,14}{1,13}", "--------------", "----------" );

   // Convert unsigned short values and display the results.
   GetBytesUInt16( 15 );
   GetBytesUInt16( 1023 );
   GetBytesUInt16( 10000 );
   GetBytesUInt16( UInt16::MinValue );
   GetBytesUInt16( Int16::MaxValue );
   GetBytesUInt16( UInt16::MaxValue );
}

/*
This example of the BitConverter::GetBytes( unsigned short )
method generates the following output.

unsigned short   byte array
--------------   ----------
            15        0F-00
          1023        FF-03
         10000        10-27
             0        00-00
         32767        FF-7F
         65535        FF-FF
*/

Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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