What's the easiest way to convert Int32's bytes to String?

Question

Dim intChunkId As Integer = &H4D546864   
Dim strCunnkId As String = "MThd"

Dim easiestWay = GetString(intChunkId)

Answer 1

Dim bytes As Byte() = BitConverter.GetBytes(intChunkId)
Dim strChunkId As String = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes)

A couple of points:

1. This assumes the bytes in the integer are all the ASCII range (the ones in your example are, but they might not always be: in that case, you can use Encoding.Default.)
2. My VB is a bit rusty, I'm not sure I got the declaration of arrays right...