Encoding.TryGetBytes Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Text

Assembly:

System.Runtime.dll

Source:

Encoding.cs

Encodes into a span of bytes a set of characters from the specified read-only span if the destination is large enough.

public:
 virtual bool TryGetBytes(ReadOnlySpan<char> chars, Span<System::Byte> bytes, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] int % bytesWritten);

public virtual bool TryGetBytes (ReadOnlySpan<char> chars, Span<byte> bytes, out int bytesWritten);

abstract member TryGetBytes : ReadOnlySpan<char> * Span<byte> * int -> bool
override this.TryGetBytes : ReadOnlySpan<char> * Span<byte> * int -> bool

Public Overridable Function TryGetBytes (chars As ReadOnlySpan(Of Char), bytes As Span(Of Byte), ByRef bytesWritten As Integer) As Boolean

Parameters

chars

ReadOnlySpan<Char>

The span containing the set of characters to encode.

bytes

Span<Byte>

The byte span to hold the encoded bytes.

bytesWritten

Int32

Upon successful completion of the operation, the number of bytes encoded into bytes.

Returns

Boolean

true if all of the characters were encoded into the destination; false if the destination was too small to contain all the encoded bytes.