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byte[] to string in c#
I have an byte array read from a stream. I'd like to convert it to a string.
This worked for me:
var str= new string(bytearr.Select(x=>(char)x).ToArray());
But I feel there's a better way to do it? Is there?
Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytearr);
You will need to know the correct encoding and use that, UTF8 is just an example. Based on what worked for you, I will guess that you either have UTF8 or ASCII.
naïve in UTF-8 would be 6E - 61 - C3 AF - 76 - 65. Note that the number of char does not correspond to the number of bytes (because 'ï' takes two bytes). So I would say he should use Encoding.ASCII or maybe something like Encoding.GetEncoding(1252) (if he knows what Windows codepage (like 1252 "Western European (Windows)") to use; will work well with naïve).
You could use the built-in functions from Encoding:
string myString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytearr);
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa332098(v=vs.71).aspx
var str = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(byte[])
you could just use System.Text.Encoding
string result = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytearr);
You should use the instance of Encoding
from msdn
public UTF8Encoding(
bool encoderShouldEmitUTF8Identifier,
bool throwOnInvalidBytes
)
Parameters
encoderShouldEmitUTF8Identifier
Type: System.Boolean true to specify that a Unicode byte order mark is provided; otherwise, false.
throwOnInvalidBytes
Type: System.Boolean
true to specify that an exception be thrown when an invalid encoding is detected; otherwise, false.
so Use
var encoding = new UTF8Encoding(false,true);
encoding.GetString (byteArr);
