UTF32Encoding.GetCharCount Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Text

Assembly:

System.Text.Encoding.Extensions.dll

Calculates the number of characters produced by decoding a sequence of bytes.

Overloads

GetCharCount(Byte[], Int32, Int32)	Calculates the number of characters produced by decoding a sequence of bytes from the specified byte array.
GetCharCount(Byte*, Int32)	Calculates the number of characters produced by decoding a sequence of bytes starting at the specified byte pointer.

GetCharCount(Byte[], Int32, Int32)

Source:

UTF32Encoding.cs

Calculates the number of characters produced by decoding a sequence of bytes from the specified byte array.

public:
 override int GetCharCount(cli::array <System::Byte> ^ bytes, int index, int count);

public override int GetCharCount (byte[] bytes, int index, int count);

override this.GetCharCount : byte[] * int * int -> int

Public Overrides Function GetCharCount (bytes As Byte(), index As Integer, count As Integer) As Integer

Parameters

bytes

Byte[]

The byte array containing the sequence of bytes to decode.

index

Int32

The index of the first byte to decode.

count

Int32

The number of bytes to decode.

Returns

Int32

The number of characters produced by decoding the specified sequence of bytes.

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

bytes is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index or count is less than zero.

-or-

index and count do not denote a valid range in bytes.

-or-

The resulting number of bytes is greater than the maximum number that can be returned as an integer.

ArgumentException

Error detection is enabled, and bytes contains an invalid sequence of bytes.

DecoderFallbackException

A fallback occurred (for more information, see Character Encoding in .NET)

-and-

DecoderFallback is set to DecoderExceptionFallback.

Examples

The following example encodes a string into an array of bytes, and then decodes the bytes into an array of characters.

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Text;
void PrintCountsAndChars( array<Byte>^bytes, Encoding^ enc );
int main()
{
   
   // Create two instances of UTF32Encoding: one with little-endian byte order and one with big-endian byte order.
   UTF32Encoding^ u32LE = gcnew UTF32Encoding( false,true,true );
   UTF32Encoding^ u32BE = gcnew UTF32Encoding( true,true,true );
   
   // Create byte arrays from the same string containing the following characters:
   //    Latin Small Letter Z (U+007A)
   //    Latin Small Letter A (U+0061)
   //    Combining Breve (U+0306)
   //    Latin Small Letter AE With Acute (U+01FD)
   //    Greek Small Letter Beta (U+03B2)
   String^ myStr = L"za\u0306\u01FD\u03B2\xD8FF\xDCFF";
   
   // barrBE uses the big-endian byte order.
   array<Byte>^barrBE = gcnew array<Byte>(u32BE->GetByteCount( myStr ));
   u32BE->GetBytes( myStr, 0, myStr->Length, barrBE, 0 );
   
   // barrLE uses the little-endian byte order.
   array<Byte>^barrLE = gcnew array<Byte>(u32LE->GetByteCount( myStr ));
   u32LE->GetBytes( myStr, 0, myStr->Length, barrLE, 0 );
   
   // Get the char counts and decode the byte arrays.
   Console::Write( "BE array with BE encoding : " );
   PrintCountsAndChars( barrBE, u32BE );
   Console::Write( "LE array with LE encoding : " );
   PrintCountsAndChars( barrLE, u32LE );
   
   // Decode the byte arrays using an encoding with a different byte order.
   Console::Write( "BE array with LE encoding : " );
   try
   {
      PrintCountsAndChars( barrBE, u32LE );
   }
   catch ( System::ArgumentException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
   }

   Console::Write( "LE array with BE encoding : " );
   try
   {
      PrintCountsAndChars( barrLE, u32BE );
   }
   catch ( System::ArgumentException^ e ) 
   {
      Console::WriteLine( e->Message );
   }

}

void PrintCountsAndChars( array<Byte>^bytes, Encoding^ enc )
{
   
   // Display the name of the encoding used.
   Console::Write( "{0,-25} :", enc );
   
   // Display the exact character count.
   int iCC = enc->GetCharCount( bytes );
   Console::Write( " {0,-3}", iCC );
   
   // Display the maximum character count.
   int iMCC = enc->GetMaxCharCount( bytes->Length );
   Console::Write( " {0,-3} :", iMCC );
   
   // Decode the bytes and display the characters.
   array<Char>^chars = gcnew array<Char>(iCC);
   enc->GetChars( bytes, 0, bytes->Length, chars, 0 );
   Console::WriteLine( chars );
}

/* 
This code produces the following output.  The question marks take the place of characters that cannot be displayed at the console.

BE array with BE encoding : System.Text.UTF32Encoding : 7   14  :za??�?
LE array with LE encoding : System.Text.UTF32Encoding : 7   14  :za??�?
BE array with LE encoding : System.Text.UTF32Encoding :Invalid byte was found at byte index 3.
LE array with BE encoding : System.Text.UTF32Encoding :Invalid byte was found at byte index 3.

*/

using System;
using System.Text;

public class SamplesUTF32Encoding  {

   public static void Main()  {

      // Create two instances of UTF32Encoding: one with little-endian byte order and one with big-endian byte order.
      UTF32Encoding u32LE = new UTF32Encoding( false, true, true );
      UTF32Encoding u32BE = new UTF32Encoding( true, true, true );

      // Create byte arrays from the same string containing the following characters:
      //    Latin Small Letter Z (U+007A)
      //    Latin Small Letter A (U+0061)
      //    Combining Breve (U+0306)
      //    Latin Small Letter AE With Acute (U+01FD)
      //    Greek Small Letter Beta (U+03B2)
      //    a high-surrogate value (U+D8FF)
      //    a low-surrogate value (U+DCFF)
      String myStr = "za\u0306\u01FD\u03B2\uD8FF\uDCFF";

      // barrBE uses the big-endian byte order.
      byte[] barrBE = new byte[u32BE.GetByteCount( myStr )];
      u32BE.GetBytes( myStr, 0, myStr.Length, barrBE, 0 );

      // barrLE uses the little-endian byte order.
      byte[] barrLE = new byte[u32LE.GetByteCount( myStr )];
      u32LE.GetBytes( myStr, 0, myStr.Length, barrLE, 0 );

      // Get the char counts and decode the byte arrays.
      Console.Write( "BE array with BE encoding : " );
      PrintCountsAndChars( barrBE, u32BE );
      Console.Write( "LE array with LE encoding : " );
      PrintCountsAndChars( barrLE, u32LE );

      // Decode the byte arrays using an encoding with a different byte order.
      Console.Write( "BE array with LE encoding : " );
      try  {
         PrintCountsAndChars( barrBE, u32LE );
      }
      catch ( System.ArgumentException e )  {
         Console.WriteLine( e.Message );
      }

      Console.Write( "LE array with BE encoding : " );
      try  {
         PrintCountsAndChars( barrLE, u32BE );
      }
      catch ( System.ArgumentException e )  {
         Console.WriteLine( e.Message );
      }
   }

   public static void PrintCountsAndChars( byte[] bytes, Encoding enc )  {

      // Display the name of the encoding used.
      Console.Write( "{0,-25} :", enc.ToString() );

      // Display the exact character count.
      int iCC  = enc.GetCharCount( bytes );
      Console.Write( " {0,-3}", iCC );

      // Display the maximum character count.
      int iMCC = enc.GetMaxCharCount( bytes.Length );
      Console.Write( " {0,-3} :", iMCC );

      // Decode the bytes and display the characters.
      char[] chars = new char[iCC];
      enc.GetChars( bytes, 0, bytes.Length, chars, 0 );
      Console.WriteLine( chars );
   }
}

Imports System.Text

Public Class SamplesUTF32Encoding   

   Public Shared Sub Main()

      ' Create two instances of UTF32Encoding: one with little-endian byte order and one with big-endian byte order.
      Dim u32LE As New UTF32Encoding(False, True, True)
      Dim u32BE As New UTF32Encoding(True, True, True)


      ' Create byte arrays from the same string containing the following characters:
      '    Latin Small Letter Z (U+007A)
      '    Latin Small Letter A (U+0061)
      '    Combining Breve (U+0306)
      '    Latin Small Letter AE With Acute (U+01FD)
      '    Greek Small Letter Beta (U+03B2)
      '    a high-surrogate value (U+D8FF)
      '    a low-surrogate value (U+DCFF)
      Dim myStr As String = "za" & ChrW(&H0306) & ChrW(&H01FD) & ChrW(&H03B2) & ChrW(&HD8FF) & ChrW(&HDCFF)

      ' barrBE uses the big-endian byte order.
      ' NOTE: In Visual Basic, arrays contain one extra element by default.
      '       The following line creates an array with the exact number of elements required.
      Dim barrBE(u32BE.GetByteCount(myStr) - 1) As Byte
      u32BE.GetBytes(myStr, 0, myStr.Length, barrBE, 0)

      ' barrLE uses the little-endian byte order.
      ' NOTE: In Visual Basic, arrays contain one extra element by default.
      '       The following line creates an array with the exact number of elements required.
      Dim barrLE(u32LE.GetByteCount(myStr) - 1) As Byte
      u32LE.GetBytes(myStr, 0, myStr.Length, barrLE, 0)


      ' Get the char counts and decode the byte arrays.
      Console.Write("BE array with BE encoding : ")
      PrintCountsAndChars(barrBE, u32BE)
      Console.Write("LE array with LE encoding : ")
      PrintCountsAndChars(barrLE, u32LE)


      ' Decode the byte arrays using an encoding with a different byte order.
      Console.Write("BE array with LE encoding : ")
      Try
         PrintCountsAndChars(barrBE, u32LE)
      Catch e As System.ArgumentException
         Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
      End Try

      Console.Write("LE array with BE encoding : ")
      Try
         PrintCountsAndChars(barrLE, u32BE)
      Catch e As System.ArgumentException
         Console.WriteLine(e.Message)
      End Try

   End Sub


   Public Shared Sub PrintCountsAndChars(bytes() As Byte, enc As Encoding)

      ' Display the name of the encoding used.
      Console.Write("{0,-25} :", enc.ToString())

      ' Display the exact character count.
      Dim iCC As Integer = enc.GetCharCount(bytes)
      Console.Write(" {0,-3}", iCC)

      ' Display the maximum character count.
      Dim iMCC As Integer = enc.GetMaxCharCount(bytes.Length)
      Console.Write(" {0,-3} :", iMCC)

      ' Decode the bytes and display the characters.
      Dim chars(iCC) As Char
      enc.GetChars(bytes, 0, bytes.Length, chars, 0)
      Console.WriteLine(chars)

   End Sub

End Class

Remarks

The GetCharCount method calculates the exact array size required by the GetChars method to store the resulting characters. To calculate the maximum array size, call the GetMaxCharCount method. The GetCharCount method generally allocates less memory, while the GetMaxCharCount method generally executes faster.

With error detection, an invalid sequence causes this method to throw a ArgumentException. Without error detection, invalid sequences are ignored, and no exception is thrown.

See also

• GetChars
• GetMaxCharCount(Int32)
• GetDecoder()

GetCharCount(Byte*, Int32)

Source:

UTF32Encoding.cs

Important

This API is not CLS-compliant.

Calculates the number of characters produced by decoding a sequence of bytes starting at the specified byte pointer.

public:
 override int GetCharCount(System::Byte* bytes, int count);

[System.CLSCompliant(false)]
public override int GetCharCount (byte* bytes, int count);

[<System.CLSCompliant(false)>]
override this.GetCharCount : nativeptr<byte> * int -> int

Parameters

bytes

Byte*

A pointer to the first byte to decode.

count

Int32

The number of bytes to decode.

Returns

Int32

The number of characters produced by decoding the specified sequence of bytes.

Attributes

CLSCompliantAttribute

Exceptions

ArgumentNullException

bytes is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

count is less than zero.

-or-

The resulting number of bytes is greater than the maximum number that can be returned as an integer.

ArgumentException

Error detection is enabled, and bytes contains an invalid sequence of bytes.

DecoderFallbackException

A fallback occurred (for more information, see Character Encoding in .NET)

-and-

DecoderFallback is set to DecoderExceptionFallback.

Remarks

GetCharCount calculates the exact array size required by the GetChars method to store the resulting characters. To calculate the maximum array size, call the GetMaxCharCount method. The GetCharCount method generally allocates less memory, while the GetMaxCharCount method generally executes faster.

With error detection, an invalid sequence causes this method to throw a ArgumentException. Without error detection, invalid sequences are ignored, and no exception is thrown.

See also

• GetChars
• GetMaxCharCount(Int32)
• GetDecoder()