Parameters

bytes

A byte array to decode as Unicode-encoded characters. [Edit]

index

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

count

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

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. [Edit]

Exceptions

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

Remarks

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

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Requirements

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