Hi,

I am converting a byte array to string using
System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString() or Unicode.GetString(). Then the
resulting text is converted back to binary, using the reverse function:
System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes() or Unicode.GetBytes.
But the result does not match the original byte array!
Is the conversion loosing some characters? Why?

Thanks,
Diablo

Diablo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I am converting a byte array to string using
> System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString() or Unicode.GetString(). Then the
> resulting text is converted back to binary, using the reverse function:
> System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes() or Unicode.GetBytes.
> But the result does not match the original byte array!
> Is the conversion loosing some characters? Why?

Presumably because the original binary data isn't a valid UTF-8 byte
sequence.

You shouldn't use encodings like this to convert arbitrary binary data
into text - use Convert.ToBase64String instead.

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Yes, you're right!

Thanks for the reply.