https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1003275/how-to-convert-utf-8-byte-to-string
Encoding's GetString
, but you won't be able to get the original bytes back if those bytes have non-ASCII characters.BitConverter.ToString
The output is a "-" delimited string, but there's no .NET built-in method to convert the string back to byte array.Convert.ToBase64String
You can easily convert the output string back to byte array by usingConvert.FromBase64String.
Note: The output string could contain '+', '/' and '='. If you want to use the string in a URL, you need to explicitly encode it.HttpServerUtility.UrlTokenEncode
You can easily convert the output string back to byte array by usingHttpServerUtility.UrlTokenDecode. The output string is already URL friendly! The downside is it needsSystem.Webassembly if your project is not a web project.
byte[] bytes = { 130, 200, 234, 23 }; // A byte array contains non-ASCII (or non-readable) characters
string s1 = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes); // ���
byte[] decBytes1 = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s1); // decBytes1.Length == 10 !!
// decBytes1 not same as bytes
// Using UTF-8 or other Encoding object will get similar results
string s2 = BitConverter.ToString(bytes); // 82-C8-EA-17
String[] tempAry = s2.Split('-');
byte[] decBytes2 = new byte[tempAry.Length];
for (int i = 0; i < tempAry.Length; i++)
decBytes2[i] = Convert.ToByte(tempAry[i], 16);
// decBytes2 same as bytes
string s3 = Convert.ToBase64String(bytes); // gsjqFw==
byte[] decByte3 = Convert.FromBase64String(s3);
// decByte3 same as bytes
string s4 = HttpServerUtility.UrlTokenEncode(bytes); // gsjqFw2
byte[] decBytes4 = HttpServerUtility.UrlTokenDecode(s4);
// decBytes4 same as bytes
