Socket - send bytes to 255

[Dave]

I'm using sockets. I need to send bytes without alternation from 0-255. When
I use the standard,

Byte[] bytestuff = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(stuff.ToCharAr ray());
tSocket.Send(bytestuff,bytestuff.Length,0);

It encodes most characters to ? past asci 127. I beleive that's because of
the Encoding,ASCII. How can I send info preserving the raw bits for asci
128-255?

Thanks in advance.

[Mike Edenfield]

Dave wrote:

I'm using sockets. I need to send bytes without alternation from 0-255. When
I use the standard,

Byte[] bytestuff = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(stuff.ToCharAr ray());
tSocket.Send(bytestuff,bytestuff.Length,0);

It encodes most characters to ? past asci 127. I beleive that's because of
the Encoding,ASCII. How can I send info preserving the raw bits for asci
128-255?

Use the System.Text.Encoding.UTF8 object. Also, you don't need to
convert the string to a char[], as GetBytes() will take either type.

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[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

It's the Encoding, try UTF8 instead

now, if you are sending it to a socket stream you have to make sure that
both ends work the same.

Cheers,

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I'm using sockets. I need to send bytes without alternation from 0-255.
When
I use the standard,

Byte[] bytestuff =
System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(stuff.ToCharAr ray());
tSocket.Send(bytestuff,bytestuff.Length,0);

It encodes most characters to ? past asci 127. I beleive that's because of
the Encoding,ASCII. How can I send info preserving the raw bits for asci
128-255?

Thanks in advance.

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Dave <Da**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I'm using sockets. I need to send bytes without alternation from 0-255. When
I use the standard,

Byte[] bytestuff = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(stuff.ToCharAr ray());
tSocket.Send(bytestuff,bytestuff.Length,0);

It encodes most characters to ? past asci 127. I beleive that's because of
the Encoding,ASCII. How can I send info preserving the raw bits for asci
128-255?

There are no ASCII characters beyond 127.

If you want to send bytes without alteration, you shouldn't be
converting them into text to start with.

See http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/csharp/unicode.html

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