Unicode-to-string conversion in C#

Question

How can I convert a Unicode value to its equivalent string?

For example, I have \"రమెశ్\", and I need a function that accepts this Unicode value and returns a string

Answer 1

Try the following:

byte[] bytes = ...;

string convertedUtf8 = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);
string convertedUtf16 = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(bytes); // For UTF-16

The other way around is using `GetBytes():

byte[] bytesUtf8 = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(convertedUtf8);
byte[] bytesUtf16 = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(convertedUtf16);

In the Encoding class, there are more variants if you need them.