How to get a null terminated string from a C# string?

c# string null-terminated
Betamoo picture Betamoo · May 8, 2010 · Viewed 36.4k times · Source
  • I am communicating with a server who needs null terminated string
  • How can I do this smartly in C#?

Answer

Alex McBride picture Alex McBride · May 8, 2010

I think the smart way is to do it simply.

string str = "An example string" + char.MinValue; // Add null terminator.

Then convert it into bytes to send to the server. 

byte[] buffer = ASCIIEncoding.ASCII.GetBytes(str);

Of course what encoding you use depends on what encoding the server expects.

Related questions

How can I convert String to Int?

I have a TextBoxD1.Text and I want to convert it to an int to store it in a database. How can I do this?

Read More
Convert int to string?

How can I convert an int datatype into a string datatype in C#?

Read More
Converting string to byte array in C#

I'm converting something from VB into C#. Having a problem with the syntax of this statement: if ((searchResult.Properties["user"].Count > 0)) { profile.User = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(searchResult.Properties["user"][0]); } I then see the following errors: Argument 1: cannot …

Read More