Encoding.GetChars Method (Byte[], Int32, Int32, Char[], Int32)

EncodingGetChars Method (Byte, Int32, Int32, Char, Int32)

When overridden in a derived class, decodes a sequence of bytes from the specified byte array into the specified character array.

Namespace: System.Text
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0

Syntax

public abstract int GetChars(
	byte[] bytes,
	int byteIndex,
	int byteCount,
	char[] chars,
	int charIndex
)

bytes: Type: SystemByte
The byte array containing the sequence of bytes to decode.
byteIndex: Type: SystemInt32
The index of the first byte to decode.
byteCount: Type: SystemInt32
The number of bytes to decode.
chars: Type: SystemChar
The character array to contain the resulting set of characters.
charIndex: Type: SystemInt32
The index at which to start writing the resulting set of characters.

Type: Int32
The actual number of characters written into chars.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	bytes is null.-or- chars is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	byteIndex or byteCount or charIndex is less than zero.-or- byteindex and byteCount do not denote a valid range in bytes.-or- charIndex is not a valid index in chars.
ArgumentException	chars does not have enough capacity from charIndex to the end of the array to accommodate the resulting characters.
DecoderFallbackException	A fallback occurred (see Character Encoding in the .NET Framework for complete explanation)-and-DecoderFallback is set to DecoderExceptionFallback.