Buffer.GetByte(Array, Int32) Method

Definition

Retrieves the byte at the specified location in the specified array.

public static byte GetByte (Array array, int index);

Parameters

array
Array

An array.

index
Int32

A location in the array.

Returns

The byte at the specified location in the array.

Exceptions

array is not a primitive.

array is null.

index is negative or greater than the length of array.

array is larger than 2 gigabytes (GB).

Examples

The following code example displays the byte values at specified locations within arrays using the GetByte method.

// Example of the Buffer.GetByte method.
using System;

class GetByteDemo
{
    const string formatter = "{0,10}{1,10}{2,9} {3}";

    // Display the array contents in hexadecimal.
    public static void DisplayArray( Array arr, string name )
    {
        // Get the array element width; format the formatting string.
        int elemWidth = Buffer.ByteLength( arr ) / arr.Length;
        string format = String.Format( " {{0:X{0}}}", 2 * elemWidth );

        // Display the array elements from right to left.
        Console.Write( "{0,5}:", name );
        for( int loopX = arr.Length - 1; loopX >= 0; loopX-- )
            Console.Write( format, arr.GetValue( loopX ) );
        Console.WriteLine( );
    }

    public static void ArrayInfo( Array arr, string name, int index )
    {
        byte value = Buffer.GetByte( arr, index );

        // Display the array name, index, and byte to be viewed.
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, name, index, value,
            String.Format( "0x{0:X2}", value ) );
    }

    public static void Main( )
    {
        // These are the arrays to be viewed with GetByte.
        long[ ] longs =
            { 333333333333333333, 666666666666666666, 999999999999999999 };
        int[ ]  ints  =
            { 111111111, 222222222, 333333333, 444444444, 555555555 };

        Console.WriteLine( "This example of the " +
            "Buffer.GetByte( Array, int ) \n" +
            "method generates the following output.\n" +
            "Note: The arrays are displayed from right to left.\n" );
        Console.WriteLine( "  Values of arrays:\n" );

        // Display the values of the arrays.
        DisplayArray( longs, "longs" );
        DisplayArray( ints, "ints" );
        Console.WriteLine( );

        Console.WriteLine( formatter, "Array", "index", "value", "" );
        Console.WriteLine( formatter, "-----", "-----", "-----",
            "----" );

        // Display the Length and ByteLength for each array.
        ArrayInfo( ints, "ints", 0 );
        ArrayInfo( ints, "ints", 7 );
        ArrayInfo( ints, "ints", 10 );
        ArrayInfo( ints, "ints", 17 );
        ArrayInfo( longs, "longs", 0 );
        ArrayInfo( longs, "longs", 6 );
        ArrayInfo( longs, "longs", 10 );
        ArrayInfo( longs, "longs", 17 );
        ArrayInfo( longs, "longs", 21 );
    }
}

/*
This example of the Buffer.GetByte( Array, int )
method generates the following output.
Note: The arrays are displayed from right to left.

  Values of arrays:

longs: 0DE0B6B3A763FFFF 094079CD1A42AAAA 04A03CE68D215555
 ints: 211D1AE3 1A7DAF1C 13DE4355 0D3ED78E 069F6BC7

     Array     index    value
     -----     -----    ----- ----
      ints         0      199 0xC7
      ints         7       13 0x0D
      ints        10      222 0xDE
      ints        17       26 0x1A
     longs         0       85 0x55
     longs         6      160 0xA0
     longs        10       66 0x42
     longs        17      255 0xFF
     longs        21      182 0xB6
*/

Remarks

The GetByte method gets a particular byte out of the array. The array must be an array of primitives.

Applies to

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.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, Core 2.0, Core 2.1, Core 2.2, Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
.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 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.1
UWP 10.0