I have a requirement to create a sysDesk log file. In this requirement I am supposed to create an XML file, that in certain places between the elements contains a binary null character.
Can someone please explain to me, firstly what is a binary null character, and how can I write one to a text file?
In databases and spreadsheets, a null character can also be used as padding. An example of a null character is when a software developer declares a variable without specifying a value, or sets it equal to nothing.
Method 1: The ∅ symbol can be entered by going into "Symbols", choose "Mathematical Characters" and from the dropdown "Subset". Method 2: Type 2205 and then press "Alt + X".
The ASCII null is represented as 0x00, and zero is represented as 0x30. The ASCII NUL character is used to denote the end of the string in C or C++. When programmer used '0' (character 0) it is treated as 0x30. This is a hexadecimal number.
NULL will use 1 bit in the NULL bitmap.
I suspect it means Unicode U+0000. However, that's not a valid character in an XML file... you should see if you can get a very clear specification of the file format to work out what's actually required. Sample files would also be useful :)
Comments are failing me at the moment, so to address a couple of other answers:
It's not a string termination character in C#, as C# doesn't use null-terminated strings. In fact, all .NET strings are null-terminated for the sake of interop, but more importantly the length is stored independently. In particular, a C# string can entirely validly include a null character without terminating it:
string embeddedNull = "a\0b";
Console.WriteLine(embeddedNull.Length); // Prints 3
The method given by rwmnau for getting a null character or string is very inefficient for something simple. Better would be:
string justNullString = "\0";
char justNullChar = '\0';
A binary null character is just a char with an integer/ASCII value of 0.
You can create a null character with Convert.ToChar(0)
or the more common, more well-recognized '\0'
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