UnicodeEncoding.CharSize Field

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Text

Assemblies:: netstandard.dll, System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll

Assembly:: System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll

Assembly:: mscorlib.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

Source:: UnicodeEncoding.cs

Source:: UnicodeEncoding.cs

Source:: UnicodeEncoding.cs

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Represents the Unicode character size in bytes. This field is a constant.

public: int CharSize = 2;

public const int CharSize = 2;

val mutable CharSize : int

Public Const CharSize As Integer  = 2

Field Value

Value = 2

Int32

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to return the value of CharSize and display it.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;
int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine( "Unicode character size: {0} bytes", UnicodeEncoding::CharSize );
}

using System;
using System.Text;

class UnicodeEncodingExample {
    public static void Main() {
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Unicode character size: {0} bytes",
            UnicodeEncoding.CharSize
        );
    }
}

Imports System.Text

Class UnicodeEncodingExample
    
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        Console.WriteLine("Unicode character size: {0} bytes", UnicodeEncoding.CharSize)
    End Sub
End Class

Remarks

The value of this field is a 32-bit signed constant with a value of 2.

Applies to

Product	Versions
.NET	Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Framework	1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard	2.0, 2.1

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