Decoder.GetCharCount Method (array<Byte[], Int32, Int32)

Parameters

• bytes
  Type: array<System.Byte[]
  The byte array containing the sequence of bytes to decode.

• index
  Type: System.Int32
  The zero-based index of the first byte to decode.

• count
  Type: System.Int32
  The number of bytes to decode.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
The number of characters produced by decoding the specified sequence of bytes and any bytes in the internal buffer.

Imports System.Text

Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      Dim bytes() As Byte = { _
          85, 0, 110, 0, 105, 0, 99, 0, 111, 0, 100, 0, 101, 0 _
      }

      Dim uniDecoder As Decoder = Encoding.Unicode.GetDecoder()
      Dim charCount As Integer = uniDecoder.GetCharCount(bytes, 0, bytes.Length)
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} characters needed to decode bytes.", charCount) & vbCrLf
   End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.Text;

class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      Byte[] bytes = new Byte[] {
            85, 0, 110, 0, 105, 0, 99, 0, 111, 0, 100, 0, 101, 0
        };

      Decoder uniDecoder = Encoding.Unicode.GetDecoder();
      int charCount = uniDecoder.GetCharCount(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(
          "{0} characters needed to decode bytes.", charCount
      ) + "\n";
   }
}