How to convert a string to a byte array in C#

The Encoding.GetBytes() method converts a string into a bytes array. The example below converts a string into a byte array in Ascii format and prints the converted bytes to the console.

string author = "Katy McClachlen";

// converts a C# string to a byte array

byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(author);

foreach (byte b in bytes)
{
   Console.WriteLine(b);
}