Parameters

chars

A char array to encode as Unicode-encoded characters. [Edit]

index

A int that specifies the first index of chars to encode. [Edit]

count

A int that specifies the number of elements in chars to encode. [Edit]

Returns

A int whose value equals the number of bytes required to encode the range in chars from index to index + count - 1 as Unicode-encoded characters. [Edit]

Exceptions

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

Remarks

Note: This method overrides Encoding.GetByteCount(Char[]).

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Requirements

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