Parameters

chars

The character array containing the set of characters to encode.

index

The index of the first character to encode.

count

The number of characters to encode.

flush

true to simulate clearing the internal state of the encoder after the calculation; otherwise, false.

Returns

The number of bytes produced by encoding the specified characters and any characters in the internal buffer.

Exceptions

Type	Reason
ArgumentNullException	chars is null.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	Return value is greater than int.MaxValue. -or- index < 0. -or- count < 0. -or- index and count do not specify a valid range in chars (i.e. (index + count) > chars.Length).

Remarks

This method does not affect the state of the encoder.

To calculate the exact array size that Encoder.GetBytes(Char[], int, int, Byte[], int, bool) requires to store the resulting bytes, the application should use Encoder.GetByteCount(Char[], int, int, bool).

If GetBytes is called with flush set to false, the encoder stores trailing characters at the end of the data block in an internal buffer and uses them in the next encoding operation. The application should call GetByteCount on a block of data immediately before calling GetBytes on the same block, so that any trailing characters from the previous block are included in the calculation.

Requirements