Parameters

bytes

A byte array to decode as Unicode-encoded characters.

index

A int that specifies the first index in bytes to decode.

count

A int that specifies the number of elements in bytes to decode.

Returns

A int whose value equals the number of characters a call to UnicodeEncoding.GetChars(Byte[], int, int, Char[], int) will produce if presented with the specified range of bytes as Unicode-encoded characters.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	bytes is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	index < 0. -or- count < 0. -or- index and count do not specify a valid range in bytes (i.e. (index + count) > bytes.Length).

Remarks

Note: This method overrides Encoding.GetCharCount(Byte[]).

Requirements

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