BigInteger.ToByteArray Method

Definition

Returns a byte array containing the two's-complement representation of this BigInteger.

[Android.Runtime.Register("toByteArray", "()[B", "GetToByteArrayHandler")]
public virtual byte[]? ToByteArray ();
[<Android.Runtime.Register("toByteArray", "()[B", "GetToByteArrayHandler")>]
abstract member ToByteArray : unit -> byte[]
override this.ToByteArray : unit -> byte[]

Returns

Byte[]

a byte array containing the two's-complement representation of this BigInteger.

Attributes

Remarks

Returns a byte array containing the two's-complement representation of this BigInteger. The byte array will be in big-endian byte-order: the most significant byte is in the zeroth element. The array will contain the minimum number of bytes required to represent this BigInteger, including at least one sign bit, which is (ceil((this.bitLength() + 1)/8)). (This representation is compatible with the #BigInteger(byte[]) (byte[]) constructor.)

Java documentation for java.math.BigInteger.toByteArray().

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Applies to