How to split a byte array

Question

I have a byte array in memory, read from a file. I would like to split the byte array at a certain point (index) without having to just create a new byte array and copy eac

Answer 1

I'm not sure what you mean by:

I would like to split the byte array at a certain point(index) without having to just create a new byte array and copy each byte at a time, increasing the in memory foot print of the operation.

In most languages, certainly C#, once an array has been allocated, there is no way to change the size of it. It sounds like you're looking for a way to change the length of an array, which you can't. You also want to somehow recycle the memory for the second part of the array, to create a second array, which you also can't do.

In summary: just create a new array.