Write empty bytes using binarywriter

Question

so i am using binarywriter to write some strings over the original strings, but i need to overwrite the whole string in the binary file, so i am trying to write the new string, and overwrite the rest of the old string with 0x00 (empty bytes), this is what i tried, but not working:

bw.Write(enc.GetBytes(listView1.Items[i].SubItems[2].Text + (31 - enc.GetByteCount(listView1.Items[i].SubItems[2].Text)) * '\0'));

31 is the constant int that all old strings can't tresspass (don't ask me, it's a script thingy)

manji · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-18 02:15:58Z

5

That's because:

number * '\0'
= number * 0  ('\0' converted to int)
=> always equal to 0

To generate a string filled with \0 (or any char) of a certain length, use:

new string(`\0`, number)

In your case:

string newStr = listView1.Items[i].SubItems[2].Text;
bw.Write(enc.GetBytes(newStr + new string('\0', (31 - enc.GetByteCount(newStr)))));

answered Jul 18, 2013 at 2:15

manji

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