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Big problem with converting byte to char data

i want to decode 2 byte and 1 byte char data......becau se japanese
characters take up 2 bytes ordinary characters 1 byte.....can u convert
one byte array so that the 2 byte and 1 byte information is displayed
correctly...... if not how will i do it byte by byte.......

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James Dean <m_*******@yaho o.com> wrote:
i want to decode 2 byte and 1 byte char data......becau se japanese
characters take up 2 bytes ordinary characters 1 byte.....can u convert
one byte array so that the 2 byte and 1 byte information is displayed
correctly...... if not how will i do it byte by byte.......


If you know what the encoding is, just use Encoding.GetStr ing passing
it the byte array - it will do the appropriate things for you. If you
don't know the encoding, you're in major trouble anyway...

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