Extra Long strings!

[Vinny]

Hey guys!

I have a stream that is spitting out an array of bytes (length of 1024).
well, lets say the array contains the word "Hello" when i convert the array
into a string using the Encoding.ASCII it seems that the string's length is
als 1024. the funny thing is, that when i hover over the string, i see this
"Hello , with the right " character missing. it is my assumption that when
i convert it from a byte array into a string, it also converts all of the
bytes that are 0 into its ASCII string equivilent, which is supposed to be
null. i was just wondering if there was any way for me to get rid of those
0's in the byte array or the "null" characters in the string so i can have a
string with the correct value.

and if anyone is wondering, i did try trimming it, but that does not seem to
work. something that is also very weird that if i try to view a value in the
immidiate window, i see tha value that i expect, but in the IDE editor, its
got the extra stuff....

thanks!

Vinny

[Rob Teixeira]

I haven't played with it, but off the top of my head, you can find the first
occurance of a null character and get the Left (or SubString) up to that
position - 1.

-Rob

"Vinny" <vad@nospam@stgroup.net> wrote:
>Hey guys!
>
>I have a stream that is spitting out an array of bytes (length of 1024).
>well, lets say the array contains the word "Hello" when i convert the array
>into a string using the Encoding.ASCII it seems that the string's length
is
>als 1024. the funny thing is, that when i hover over the string, i see this
>"Hello , with the right " character missing. it is my assumption that
when
>i convert it from a byte array into a string, it also converts all of the
>bytes that are 0 into its ASCII string equivilent, which is supposed to
be
>null. i was just wondering if there was any way for me to get rid of those
>0's in the byte array or the "null" characters in the string so i can have
a
>string with the correct value.
>
>and if anyone is wondering, i did try trimming it, but that does not seem
to
>work. something that is also very weird that if i try to view a value in
the
>immidiate window, i see tha value that i expect, but in the IDE editor,
its
>got the extra stuff....
>
>thanks!
>
>Vinny
>
>

[Patrick Ireland]

Vinny,

Rob has a good memory! It is indeed what must be done. I use the same
method when I read data from a C/C++ DLL through a managed structure.

Pat

"Rob Teixeira" <RobTeixeira@@msn.com> wrote:
>
>
>I haven't played with it, but off the top of my head, you can find the first
>occurance of a null character and get the Left (or SubString) up to that
>position - 1.
>
>-Rob
>
>"Vinny" <vad@nospam@stgroup.net> wrote:
>>Hey guys!
>>
>>I have a stream that is spitting out an array of bytes (length of 1024).
>>well, lets say the array contains the word "Hello" when i convert the array
>>into a string using the Encoding.ASCII it seems that the string's length
>is
>>als 1024. the funny thing is, that when i hover over the string, i see
this
>>"Hello , with the right " character missing. it is my assumption that
>when
>>i convert it from a byte array into a string, it also converts all of the
>>bytes that are 0 into its ASCII string equivilent, which is supposed to
>be
>>null. i was just wondering if there was any way for me to get rid of those
>>0's in the byte array or the "null" characters in the string so i can have
>a
>>string with the correct value.
>>
>>and if anyone is wondering, i did try trimming it, but that does not seem
>to
>>work. something that is also very weird that if i try to view a value in
>the
>>immidiate window, i see tha value that i expect, but in the IDE editor,
>its
>>got the extra stuff....
>>
>>thanks!
>>
>>Vinny
>>
>>
>