Convert String to Byte Array in .NET – How to Guide

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I have a string that I need to convert to the equivalent array of bytes in .NET.

This ought to be easy, but I am having a brain cramp.

You need to use an encoding (System.Text.Encoding) to tell .NET what you expect as the output. For example, in UTF-16 (= System.Text.Encoding.Unicode):

var result = System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(text);

You can try like this:

string str= "some string";
var bytes = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);

And to decode:

var decodeString = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);