How can I safely convert a byte array into a string and back? [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can just use the Convert class as below.

/// 

/// Converts a string to byte array
/// 
/// The string
/// The byte array
public static byte[] ConvertToByteArray(string input)
{
    return input.Select(Convert.ToByte).ToArray();
}

/// 

/// Converts a byte array to a string
/// 
/// the byte array
/// The string
public static string ConvertToString(byte[] bytes)
{
    return new string(bytes.Select(Convert.ToChar).ToArray());
}

/// 

/// Converts a byte array to a string
/// 
/// the byte array
/// The string
public static string ConvertToBase64String(byte[] bytes)
{
    return Convert.ToBase64String(bytes);
}