BitConverter Methods

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The BitConverter type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	DoubleToInt64Bits	Converts the specified double-precision floating point number to a 64-bit signed integer.
	GetBytes(Boolean)	Returns the specified Boolean value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(Char)	Returns the specified Unicode character value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(Double)	Returns the specified double-precision floating point value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(Int16)	Returns the specified 16-bit signed integer value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(Int32)	Returns the specified 32-bit signed integer value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(Int64)	Returns the specified 64-bit signed integer value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(Single)	Returns the specified single-precision floating point value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(UInt16)	Returns the specified 16-bit unsigned integer value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(UInt32)	Returns the specified 32-bit unsigned integer value as an array of bytes.
	GetBytes(UInt64)	Returns the specified 64-bit unsigned integer value as an array of bytes.
	Int64BitsToDouble	Converts the specified 64-bit signed integer to a double-precision floating point number.
	ToBoolean	Returns a Boolean value converted from one byte at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToChar	Returns a Unicode character converted from two bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToDouble	Returns a double-precision floating point number converted from eight bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToInt16	Returns a 16-bit signed integer converted from two bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToInt32	Returns a 32-bit signed integer converted from four bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToInt64	Returns a 64-bit signed integer converted from eight bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToSingle	Returns a single-precision floating point number converted from four bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToString(array<Byte[])	Converts the numeric value of each element of a specified array of bytes to its equivalent hexadecimal string representation.
	ToString(array<Byte[], Int32)	Converts the numeric value of each element of a specified subarray of bytes to its equivalent hexadecimal string representation.
	ToString(array<Byte[], Int32, Int32)	Converts the numeric value of each element of a specified subarray of bytes to its equivalent hexadecimal string representation.
	ToUInt16	Returns a 16-bit unsigned integer converted from two bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToUInt32	Returns a 32-bit unsigned integer converted from four bytes at a specified position in a byte array.
	ToUInt64	Returns a 64-bit unsigned integer converted from eight bytes at a specified position in a byte array.

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Reference

BitConverter Class

System Namespace