How do I transform an ascii byte vector into a string?

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Given a byte array (byte[]) is there any quick (as in short and aesthetic) way of transforming this into a string och character array? Assume that the bytes in the array is text represented in ascii.

I'm working in c# right now, and can't find any obvious methods to use. But I'm also interested in a general solution applicable to any modern programming language.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '09 at 08:18

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System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetString will return a string from the given byte array.

answered Apr 06 '09 at 08:18

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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Important note: as noted here - Strings are Unicode, so you must specify an encoding on conversion.

System.Text.ASCIIEncoding is one option, but make sure that the byte array contains only ASCII encoded characters.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Apr 06 '09 at 08:38

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How do I transform an ascii byte vector into a string?

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