In this blog we see how to convert byte array to string using following methods:

1. Convert byte array to string using Convert.ToBase64String

This method is used to convert the specified byte array to its corresponding string format which is encoded with base-64 digits.

It is basically used to store and transfer the data for a media files such as image files. It uses a characters defined in encoding set to display a data.

Syntax:

public static string ToBase64String(byte[] Array)

t accepts one parameter "Array" which specifies a array bytes.

It returns a corresponding string in base64 of specified array bytes.

Exceptions:

This method throws only "ArgumentNullException" if value parameter is null.

namespace ConvertByteToString
 {
    class Program
     {
        static void Main(string[] args)
         {
             byte[] arrayBytes  = { 100, 222, 194, 03 };
             string str = Convert.ToBase64String(arrayBytes);  
             Console.WriteLine("String: " + str);
        
          }
      }
 }

Output:

String : ZN7CAw==

2. Convert byte array to string using HttpServerUtility.UrlTokenEncode(Byte[])

This method is used to convert or encode the specified byte array to its corresponding string format by using base-64 digits. Basically, it is used for the transmission safe data on the URL. This method defined in HttpServerUtility class. This class provides a various methods to handle a web requests.

Syntax:

public static string UrlTokenEncode(byte[] bytes)

It accepts one parameter "bytes" which specifies a array bytes.

It returns a encoded string correspond to the specified array bytes.

Exceptions:

This method throws only "ArgumentNullException" if value parameter is null.

To convert byte array to string using this method, see the below code:

namespace ConvertByteToString
 {
    class Program
     {
         static void Main(string[] args)
          {  
               byte[] arrayBytes  = { 102, 101, 103 };
               string str = HttpServerUtility.UrlTokenEncode(arrayBytes );    
               Console.WriteLine("String: " + str);   
           
           }
      }
  }

Output:

String : ZmVn0