Convert String to System.IO.Stream [duplicate]

Question

I need to convert a String to System.IO.Stream type to pass to another method.

I tried this unsuccessfully.

Stream stream = new StringReader(contents);

Answer 1

Try this:

// convert string to stream
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(contents);
//byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(contents);
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);

and

// convert stream to string
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
string text = reader.ReadToEnd();

Answer 2

To convert a string to a stream you need to decide which encoding the bytes in the stream should have to represent that string - for example you can:

MemoryStream mStrm= new MemoryStream( Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes( contents ) );

MSDN references:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ds4kkd55%28v=VS.100%29.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e55f3s5k.aspx