Binary Reader

[nick.stefanov]

Ok having another issue with binary reader. My file contains values 08
8A . When I read ReadBytes(2) what gets stored in the array is [0] = 8
and [1] = 138. How do I convert that to 2186 integer value?

Thanks

 

[sarin.rajendran]

Not really sure what your requirement is. But if you know that your
file contains an integer value(s), why don't you use the ReadInt32
method?

Regards,
Sarin.

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Ok having another issue with binary reader. My file contains values 08
8A . When I read ReadBytes(2) what gets stored in the array is [0] = 8
and [1] = 138. How do I convert that to 2186 integer value?

You need a big-endian BinaryReader. Fortunately, I happen to have such
a beast

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/miscutil

 

[Abubakar]

8A . When I read ReadBytes(2) what gets stored in the array is [0] = 8

and [1] = 138. How do I convert that to 2186 integer value?

You can do the following:

int x=8,y=138;
int answer = (x << 8 ) | y;

answer will have the 2186 value;

hope that helps.

Ab.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com

Ok having another issue with binary reader. My file contains values 08
8A . When I read ReadBytes(2) what gets stored in the array is [0] = 8
and [1] = 138. How do I convert that to 2186 integer value?

Thanks

 

[nick.stefanov]

Yes thanks that works, do you know of a method in c# that automatically
does that? Thanks.

Nick

 

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Yes thanks that works, do you know of a method in c# that automatically
does that? Thanks.

Yes - see my previous reply. Basically you want BinaryReader or
BitConverter, but big-endian versions - which are two of the things
that my library gives you. (It's free, btw - I should have said
before.)

 

[Abubakar]

Yes thanks that works, do you know of a method in c# that automatically

does that? Thanks.

I'm afraid not. I think you might wanna give a try to Jon's library. I havnt
used it.

btw, sorry for late response, I couldnt access internet for most of saturday
and wont be using it on sunday as well.

Ab.
http://joehacker.blogspot.com

 

[nick.stefanov]

Thanks for your reply. Do you have a link or any instructions on how
to use that library. Thank you very much.

Nick