UTF8Encoding.GetCharCount Method (array<Byte[], Int32, Int32)

Parameters

• bytes
  Type: array<System.Byte[]
  The byte array containing the sequence of bytes to decode.

• index
  Type: System.Int32
  The zero-based index of the first byte to decode.

• count
  Type: System.Int32
  The number of bytes to decode.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
The number of characters produced by decoding the specified sequence of bytes.

Imports System.Text

Class Example

   Public Shared Sub Demo(ByVal outputBlock As System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock)
      Dim bytes() As Byte = { _
          85, 84, 70, 56, 32, 69, 110, _
          99, 111, 100, 105, 110, 103, 32, _
          69, 120, 97, 109, 112, 108, 101 _
      }

      Dim utf8 As New UTF8Encoding()
      Dim charCount As Integer = utf8.GetCharCount(bytes, 2, 8)
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format("{0} characters needed to decode bytes.", charCount) & vbCrLf
   End Sub 'Main
End Class 'UTF8EncodingExample

using System;
using System.Text;

class Example
{
   public static void Demo(System.Windows.Controls.TextBlock outputBlock)
   {
      Byte[] bytes = new Byte[] {
             85,  84,  70,  56,  32,  69, 110,
             99, 111, 100, 105, 110, 103,  32,
             69, 120,  97, 109, 112, 108, 101
        };

      UTF8Encoding utf8 = new UTF8Encoding();
      int charCount = utf8.GetCharCount(bytes, 2, 8);
      outputBlock.Text += String.Format(
          "{0} characters needed to decode bytes.", charCount
      ) + "\n";
   }
}