storing unicode in byte array?

[grawsha2000]

Hi,

I'm trying to save unicode chars. in byte array. The problem is when I
try retrieve the saved chars back from the array I get different chars
from the one I saved.

Code:

dim uni as system.text.enc oding=encoding. unicode
dim byte1 as byte()=uni.getb ytes(1607) '1607 is the unicode
represnt. of an arabic letter

'now retrieve saved char. (number) from byte1()

messagebox.show (byte1(0) & byte1(1)) ' it shows different
value..??

Now, may be I did not get byte array clear. But it is a series of
bytes to save number 0-255, so what I did here is I just saved the
unicode numbers contiguously.

MTIA,
Grawsha

[GhostInAK]

Hello gr*********@yah oo.com,

First off, Turn Option Strict On. Second, read the documentation. Guessing
only makes you look stoopid.

The Encoding.GetByt es() function does not take a single numerical value.

-Boo

Hi,

I'm trying to save unicode chars. in byte array. The problem is when
I try retrieve the saved chars back from the array I get different
chars from the one I saved.

Code:

dim uni as system.text.enc oding=encoding. unicode
dim byte1 as byte()=uni.getb ytes(1607) '1607 is the unicode
represnt. of an arabic letter
'now retrieve saved char. (number) from byte1()

messagebox.show (byte1(0) & byte1(1)) ' it shows different
value..??

Now, may be I did not get byte array clear. But it is a series of
bytes to save number 0-255, so what I did here is I just saved the
unicode numbers contiguously.

MTIA,
Grawsha

[grawsha2000]

Ok, may be you did not understand my post well.

If I pass an arabic letter to the method, it will appear as junk in
non-arbic supported browser. That is why I indicated the number for
the letter.
GhostInAK wrote:

Hello gr*********@yah oo.com,

First off, Turn Option Strict On. Second, read the documentation. Guessing
only makes you look stoopid.

The Encoding.GetByt es() function does not take a single numerical value.

-Boo

Hi,

I'm trying to save unicode chars. in byte array. The problem is when
I try retrieve the saved chars back from the array I get different
chars from the one I saved.

Code:

dim uni as system.text.enc oding=encoding. unicode
dim byte1 as byte()=uni.getb ytes(1607) '1607 is the unicode
represnt. of an arabic letter
'now retrieve saved char. (number) from byte1()

messagebox.show (byte1(0) & byte1(1)) ' it shows different
value..??

Now, may be I did not get byte array clear. But it is a series of
bytes to save number 0-255, so what I did here is I just saved the
unicode numbers contiguously.

MTIA,
Grawsha

[Ahmed]

Hi grawsha,

Well, you need to call Encoding.Unicod e.GetChars to convert bytes back
to chars.

Cheers,
Ahmed

gr*********@yah oo.com wrote:

Ok, may be you did not understand my post well.

If I pass an arabic letter to the method, it will appear as junk in
non-arbic supported browser. That is why I indicated the number for
the letter.
GhostInAK wrote:

Hello gr*********@yah oo.com,

First off, Turn Option Strict On. Second, read the documentation. Guessing
only makes you look stoopid.

The Encoding.GetByt es() function does not take a single numerical value.

-Boo

Hi,

I'm trying to save unicode chars. in byte array. The problem is when
I try retrieve the saved chars back from the array I get different
chars from the one I saved.

Code:

dim uni as system.text.enc oding=encoding. unicode
dim byte1 as byte()=uni.getb ytes(1607) '1607 is the unicode
represnt. of an arabic letter
'now retrieve saved char. (number) from byte1()

messagebox.show (byte1(0) & byte1(1)) ' it shows different
value..??

Now, may be I did not get byte array clear. But it is a series of
bytes to save number 0-255, so what I did here is I just saved the
unicode numbers contiguously.

MTIA,
Grawsha

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

<gr*********@ya hoo.com> schrieb:

I'm trying to save unicode chars. in byte array. The problem is when I
try retrieve the saved chars back from the array I get different chars
from the one I saved.

Code:

dim uni as system.text.enc oding=encoding. unicode
dim byte1 as byte()=uni.getb ytes(1607) '1607 is the unicode
represnt. of an arabic letter

Try to pass 'ChrW(1607)' to 'GetBytes'. Note that 'Encoding.Unico de' means
UTF-16.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[grawsha2000]

GhostInAK wrote:

Hello gr*********@yah oo.com,

First off, Turn Option Strict On. Second, read the documentation. Guessing
only makes you look stoopid.

The Encoding.GetByt es() function does not take a single numerical value.

-Boo

LOL!! Reading some posts made me sure that there are alot stupid
people!!

Grawsha