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RandomNumberGenerator::GetBytes Method (array<Byte>^)

 

When overridden in a derived class, fills an array of bytes with a cryptographically strong random sequence of values.

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

public:
virtual void GetBytes(
	array<unsigned char>^ data
) abstract

Parameters

data
Type: array<System::Byte>^

The array to fill with cryptographically strong random bytes.

The length of the byte array determines how many random bytes are produced.

The following example creates a random sequence 100 bytes long and stores it in random.

array<Byte>^ random = gcnew array<Byte>(100);

//RNGCryptoServiceProvider is an implementation of a random number generator.
RNGCryptoServiceProvider^ rng = gcnew RNGCryptoServiceProvider;
rng->GetBytes( random ); // The array is now filled with cryptographically strong random bytes.

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
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