how do convert string to byte[] in C#

Question

How do you get a byte array out of a string in C#? I would like to pass a string to this method.

Answer 1

Try

public static byte[] StrToByteArray(string str)
{
    System.Text.UTF8Encoding  encoding=new System.Text.UTF8Encoding();
    return encoding.GetBytes(str);
}

Answer 2

Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("abcd");

Answer 3

Encoding.GetBytes method.

Answer 4

Use GetBytes( )