Mega Code Archive
0323 Basic Value Types to Byte Arrays
<![CDATA[
System.BitConverter class can convert most basic value types to and from byte arrays.
using System;
using System.IO;
class MainClass
{
public static byte[] DecimalToByteArray(decimal src)
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream())
{
using (BinaryWriter writer = new BinaryWriter(stream))
{
writer.Write(src);
return stream.ToArray();
}
}
}
public static decimal ByteArrayToDecimal(byte[] src)
{
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(src))
{
using (BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(stream))
{
return reader.ReadDecimal();
}
}
}
public static void Main()
{
byte[] b = null;
// Convert a bool to a byte array and display.
b = BitConverter.GetBytes(true);
Console.WriteLine(BitConverter.ToString(b));
// Convert a byte array to a bool and display.
Console.WriteLine(BitConverter.ToBoolean(b, 0));
// Convert an int to a byte array and display.
b = BitConverter.GetBytes(3678);
Console.WriteLine(BitConverter.ToString(b));
// Convert a byte array to an int and display.
Console.WriteLine(BitConverter.ToInt32(b, 0));
// Convert a decimal to a byte array and display.
b = DecimalToByteArray(285998345545.563846696m);
Console.WriteLine(BitConverter.ToString(b));
// Convert a byte array to a decimal and display.
Console.WriteLine(ByteArrayToDecimal(b));
}
}
The output:
01
True
5E-0E-00-00
3678
28-38-C1-50-FD-3B-06-81-0F-00-00-00-00-00-09-00
285998345545.563846696
]]>