String from a byte array

[John Dann]

Just wondering about the best way of assembling a string from a byte
array in VB.Net. I have a sequence of Ascii characters read into a
byte array from a binary file and need to reassemble these into their
original string.

I guess I could do something like:

for i as integer = 0 to ubound(byte())
string &= byte(i) (do I need a .tostring)
next

But maybe there's a more direct/approved/elegant method?

If it makes any difference, in this particular example, it's a
relatively short (16 byte string) that will probably only be used once
in the program so there's no great need for efficiency. But I'm asking
more out of interest in the principle as to the best approach.

TIA
John Dann

[Cor Ligthert]

Re: String from a byte array

Hi John,

Have a look at this page, (what you ask is in the bottom)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemtextencodingclassasciitopic.asp

However keep in mind that ASCII is 7 bits, so maybe are you looking for
another format, however that is as well in the encode pages so see what you
need for that now you have this link.

I hope this helps?

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: String from a byte array

* John Dann <news@prodata.c o.uk> scripsit:[color=blue]
> Just wondering about the best way of assembling a string from a byte
> array in VB.Net. I have a sequence of Ascii characters read into a
> byte array from a binary file and need to reassemble these into their
> original string.[/color]

\\\
Dim s As String = System.Text.Enc oding.ASCII.Get String(abyt)
///

For other encodings, play around with the 'ASCII', there are many other
encodings available too.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>