Buffer.SetByte(Array, Int32, Byte) Method

Definition

Namespace:

System

Assemblies:

netstandard.dll, System.Runtime.dll

Source:

Buffer.cs

Assigns a specified value to a byte at a particular location in a specified array.

public static void SetByte(Array array, int index, byte value);

Parameters

array

Array

An array.

index

Int32

A location in the array.

value

Byte

A value to assign.

Exceptions

ArgumentException

array is not a primitive.

ArgumentNullException

array is null.

ArgumentOutOfRangeException

index is negative or greater than the length of array.

OverflowException

array is larger than 2 gigabytes (GB).

Examples

The following code example assigns values to bytes at particular locations within arrays using the SetByte method.

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

class SetByteDemo
{
    // 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( "{0,7}:", name );
        for( int loopX = arr.Length - 1; loopX >= 0; loopX-- )
            Console.Write( format, arr.GetValue( loopX ) );
        Console.WriteLine( );
    }

    public static void Main( )
    {
        // These are the arrays to be modified with SetByte.
        short[ ] shorts = new short[ 10 ];
        long[ ]  longs  = new long[ 3 ];

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

        // Display the initial values of the arrays.
        DisplayArray( shorts, "shorts" );
        DisplayArray( longs, "longs" );

        // Copy two regions of source array to destination array,
        // and two overlapped copies from source to source.
        Console.WriteLine( "\n" +
            "  Array values after setting byte 3 = 25, \n" +
            "  byte 6 = 64, byte 12 = 121, and byte 17 = 196:\n" );

        Buffer.SetByte( shorts, 3, 25 );
        Buffer.SetByte( shorts, 6, 64 );
        Buffer.SetByte( shorts, 12, 121 );
        Buffer.SetByte( shorts, 17, 196 );
        Buffer.SetByte( longs, 3, 25 );
        Buffer.SetByte( longs, 6, 64 );
        Buffer.SetByte( longs, 12, 121 );
        Buffer.SetByte( longs, 17, 196 );

        // Display the arrays again.
        DisplayArray( shorts, "shorts" );
        DisplayArray( longs, "longs" );
    }
}

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

  Initial values of arrays:

 shorts: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
  longs: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000

  Array values after setting byte 3 = 25,
  byte 6 = 64, byte 12 = 121, and byte 17 = 196:

 shorts: 0000 C400 0000 0079 0000 0000 0040 0000 1900 0000
  longs: 000000000000C400 0000007900000000 0040000019000000
*/

Remarks

array must be an array of primitives.

Applies to