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EncodingGetChars Method (Byte)
When overridden in a derived class, decodes all the bytes in the specified byte array into a set of characters.

Namespace: System.Text
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0
Syntax
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public virtual char[] GetChars(
	byte[] bytes
)

Parameters

bytes
Type: SystemByte
The byte array containing the sequence of bytes to decode.

Return Value

Type: Char
A character array containing the results of decoding the specified sequence of bytes.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullExceptionbytes is null.
DecoderFallbackExceptionA fallback occurred (see Character Encoding in the .NET Framework for complete explanation)-and-DecoderFallback is set to DecoderExceptionFallback.
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