What is the equivalent to Java's string.getBytes() in C#?

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Equivalent of getBytes() in Java to C#

In Java:

String s="abcde"; 
byte bar[] = s.getBytes();

In C#:

for (int i = 0; i < s.Length; i++)
{
    bar[i] = Convert.ToByte(s.Substring(i, 1)); 
}

I worked Java example getBytes to convert C# code. But the above C# code does not work.

Answer 1

Encoding.GetBytes

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.encoding.getbytes.aspx

byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("Sweet!");