Question writebyte vs writeString

[dotnetdummy123]

Hello All,

I'm new to vb.net, can you please explain the difference.
If I converrt a string to base64, it required writebyte to write the base64 byte array, or should I convert string to base64 then to base64 String then output using writeString?

Is writebyte slower than writeString in term of performance?

Please advise.

Thanks in advance.

 

[JohnH]

I have no idea what you're talking about specifically, it does not make sense in .Net terms - but generally one call ("writestring") is faster than many calls ("writebyte", presumably a base64 encoded string consist of many bytes).

 

[dotnetdummy123]

I have no idea what you're talking about specifically, it does not make sense in .Net terms - but generally one call ("writestring") is faster than many calls ("writebyte", presumably a base64 encoded string consist of many bytes).

Thanks for your replied, just curious, is writeByte accept array of bytes and output as ascii string?


Thanks again.

 

[jmcilhinney]

WriteByte has nothing to do with strings. It does what it says: writes a Byte, i.e. an 8-bit number. All data is binary when you get right down to it. If you call WriteString then, under the hood, it will convert that String to a Byte array and then write that, possibly with a call to WriteBytes.

 

[dotnetdummy123]

WriteByte has nothing to do with strings. It does what it says: writes a Byte, i.e. an 8-bit number. All data is binary when you get right down to it. If you call WriteString then, under the hood, it will convert that String to a Byte array and then write that, possibly with a call to WriteBytes.

Thank you very much for you replied jmcilhinney.


Just curious, Assume if writeString is faster than writeByte, if I want to convert a string to base64 which is in byte array and will use writeByte to output, if this is the case, should I first convert the string to base64 than convert again to string which is base64 string than use writeString. is this a better way of avoiding writeByte due to slower performance against using writeString.

Sorry for my bad english, hope you guys understand.

Thanks in advance.