Array - ByteLength
Returns the number of bytes in the specified array.
const string formatter = "{0,10}{1,20}{2,9}{3,12}"; public static void ArrayInfo( Array arr, string name ) { // C# Extension Method: Array - ByteLength int byteLength = arr.ByteLength(); // Display the array name, type, Length, and ByteLength. Console.WriteLine( formatter, name, arr.GetType( ), arr.Length, byteLength ); } public static void Main( ) { byte[ ] bytes = { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0 }; bool[ ] bools = { true, false, true, false, true }; char[ ] chars = { ' ', '$', '\"', 'A', '{' }; short[ ] shorts = { 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263 }; float[ ] singles = { 1, 678, 2.37E33F, .00415F, 8.9F }; double[ ] doubles = { 2E-22, .003, 4.4E44, 555E55 }; long[ ] longs = { 1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000 }; Console.WriteLine( "This example of the Array.ByteLength() nmethod generates the following output.\n" ); Console.WriteLine( formatter, "Array name", "Array type", "Length", "ByteLength" ); Console.WriteLine( formatter, "----------", "----------", "------", "----------" ); // Display the Length and ByteLength for each array. ArrayInfo( bytes, "bytes" ); ArrayInfo( bools, "bools" ); ArrayInfo( chars, "chars" ); ArrayInfo( shorts, "shorts" ); ArrayInfo( singles, "singles" ); ArrayInfo( doubles, "doubles" ); ArrayInfo( longs, "longs" ); }
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using System; public static partial class Extensions { /// <summary> /// Returns the number of bytes in the specified array. /// </summary> /// <param name="array">An array.</param> /// <returns>The number of bytes in the array.</returns> public static Int32 ByteLength(this Array array) { return Buffer.ByteLength(array); } }