How to convert byte array to string [duplicate]

Question

I created a byte array with two strings. How do I convert a byte array to string?

var binWriter = new BinaryWriter(new MemoryStream()); binWriter.Write("value1"); binWriter.Write("value2"); binWriter.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);  byte[] result = reader.ReadBytes((int)binWriter.BaseStream.Length); 

I want to convert result to a string. I could do it using BinaryReader, but I cannot use BinaryReader (it is not supported).

Answer 1

Depending on the encoding you wish to use:

var str = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(result); 

Answer 2

Assuming that you are using UTF-8 encoding:

string convert = "This is the string to be converted";  // From string to byte array byte[] buffer = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(convert);  // From byte array to string string s = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);