How to read bytes as string

Question

I am trying to read bytes.

Bytes: 0x83 0xF6

Those bytes are equal to 33782. I need a code to convert those bytes to 33782.

I have tried using this code:

Encoding.ASCII.GetString(new byte[] { 0x83, 0xF6 });

But it give this as a response: ??

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 02 '16 at 05:31

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Perhaps this?

(0x83 * 256 + 0xF6).ToString()

answered Aug 02 '16 at 05:31

user94559

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can you make this a string, like private string? so it returns it – Mr Mods Aug 02 '16 at 05:52
You mean this? `private string foo = (0x83 * 256 + 0xF6).ToString();` – user94559 Aug 02 '16 at 05:58

Bojan B · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-02T06:02:47.883

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You are using the wrong Conversion, converting this byte array with ASCII String will not give the correct result. The reason you get ?? is because the values 0xF6, 0x83 lie outside the ASCII Table which is used to make the conversion in your case.

You should use BitConverter.ToUInt16()

   var number = BitConverter.ToUInt16(new byte[] { 0xF6, 0x83}, 0).ToString();

You have to reverse the byte array first though for the Little/Big Endians.

edited Aug 02 '16 at 06:02

answered Aug 02 '16 at 05:56

Bojan B

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`var bytes = new byte[] {0x83, 0xF6}; Array.Reverse(bytes);` something like this should work – Bojan B Aug 02 '16 at 06:06
thanks for the help bro – Mr Mods Aug 02 '16 at 06:07

How to read bytes as string

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