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k11
k11

Reputation: 167

Convert a string into a byte array in c#

I have a string,

string Var="11001100"

I want to convert it into a byte array.

bArray[0]=0x00;
bArray[1]=0x00;
bArray[2]=0x01;
bArray[3]=0x01;
bArray[4]=0x00;
bArray[5]=0x00;
bArray[6]=0x01;
bArray[7]=0x01;

Can anybody guide me in this? I tried the following code, but I get the data in ASCII. I do not want that.

bArray = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(var);

Upvotes: 0

Views: 804

Answers (3)

Sebastian Richter
Sebastian Richter

Reputation: 485

This is my solution for your question:

string value = "11001100";
int numberOfBits = value.Length;
var valueAsByteArray = new byte[numberOfBits];

for (int i = 0; i < numberOfBits; i++)
{
    bytes[i] = ((byte)(value[i] - 0x30)) == 0 ? (byte)1 : (byte)0;
}

Edit: Forgot the inversion.

Upvotes: 0

Mong Zhu
Mong Zhu

Reputation: 23732

but I get the data in ASCII. I do not want that.

Then you need the string representation of the chars. You get it using the ToString method. This would be the old scool way simply using a reversed for-loop:

string Var="11001100";

byte [] bArray = new byte[Var.Length];

int countForward = 0;
for (int i = Var.Length-1; i >= 0 ; i--)
{
    bArray[countForward] = Convert.ToByte(Var[i].ToString());
    countForward++;
}

Upvotes: 1

Dmitrii Bychenko
Dmitrii Bychenko

Reputation: 186698

I suggest using Linq:

using System.Linq;

...

string Var = "11001100";

byte[] bArray = Var
  .Select(item => (byte) (item == '0' ? 1 : 0))
  .ToArray();

Test:

Console.WriteLine(string.Join(Environment.NewLine, bArray
  .Select((value, index) => $"bArray[{index}]=0x{value:X2};")));

Outcome:

bArray[0]=0x00;
bArray[1]=0x00;
bArray[2]=0x01;
bArray[3]=0x01;
bArray[4]=0x00;
bArray[5]=0x00;
bArray[6]=0x01;
bArray[7]=0x01;

Upvotes: 6

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