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

EncodingGetBytes Method (Char, Int32, Int32, Byte, Int32)

When overridden in a derived class, encodes a set of characters from the specified character array into the specified byte array.

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

Syntax

public abstract int GetBytes(
	char[] chars,
	int charIndex,
	int charCount,
	byte[] bytes,
	int byteIndex
)

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

Type: Int32
The actual number of bytes written into bytes.

Exceptions

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