How do I transform an ascii byte vector into a string?

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Given a byte array (byte[]) is there any quick (as in short and aesthetic) way of transforming this into a string och character array? Assume that the bytes in the array is text represented in ascii.

I'm working in c# right now, and can't find any obvious methods to use. But I'm also interested in a general solution applicable to any modern programming language.

Rune Grimstad · Accepted Answer · 2009-04-06 08:18:39Z

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System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString will return a string from the given byte array.

answered Apr 6, 2009 at 8:18

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:04:26Z

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Important note: as noted here - Strings are Unicode, so you must specify an encoding on conversion.

System.Text.ASCIIEncoding is one option, but make sure that the byte array contains only ASCII encoded characters.

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