Parameters

chars

A char array to encode.

charIndex

A int containing the first index of chars to encode.

charCount

A int containing the number of characters to encode.

bytes

A byte array to encode into.

byteIndex

A int containing the first index of bytes to encode into.

Returns

The number of bytes encoded into bytes .

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentException	bytes does not contain sufficient space to store the encoded characters.
ArgumentNullException	chars is null. -or- bytes is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	charIndex < 0. -or- charCount < 0. -or- byteIndex < 0. -or- (chars.Length - charIndex) < charCount. -or- byteIndex > bytes.Length.

Remarks

Operation

As described above.

Note to Inheritors

This method is overridden by types derived from System.Text.Encoding to perform the encoding.

Usage

Encoding.GetByteCount(Char[]) can be used to determine the exact number of bytes that will be produced for a given range of characters. Alternatively, Encoding.GetMaxByteCount(int) can be used to determine the maximum number of bytes that will be produced for a given number of characters, regardless of the actual character values.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Text
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Assembly Versions: 1.0.5000.0, 2.0.0.0