[RESOLVED] convert object byte array to string

[newbiedoobie1983]

is there a quick command for this object to string?

    Dim data As Object, datastr As String
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        datastr =

[jmcilhinney]

It depends exactly what the Byte array represents and what the text is supposed to represent. For instance, the code you would use to convert image data to a base-64 string and the code you would use to convert Unicode bytes to their equivalent text would be quite different. Please provide a FULL and CLEAR explanation of the problem rather than providing as little information as you can get away with.

[newbiedoobie1983]

to be clear the byte array represents data form the server i connected to so i would think it would be ascii data but right now the data is a object byte array and needs to be a ascii stream

[jmcilhinney]

the byte array represents data form the server i connected to

That's a meaningless statement. You're basically saying "the data is the data". If you know what that data is, e.g. an image or some text, then tell us. If you don't know what it is then surely you need to find out, because how can you use it otherwise?

i would think it would be ascii data

Why would you think that? Do you have a reason to think that? Do you think that because it's actually true? If so then why muddy the waters instead of just saying "it represents ASCII text"? If not then why aren't you finding out?

[Shaggy Hiker]

Even if you know that it should be some readable text, that doesn't mean that it has to be ASCII. There was a time when you could pretty much count on readable text being ASCII, but that time is in the past. If you don't know whether or not it is ASCII, you could wing it and hope for the best, but that's not necessarily the best solution. This would be the way to wing it:

System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(data)

If that results in what you expect, then you may have ASCII. If it results in garbage, then maybe not.

[newbiedoobie1983]

Ok I do apolagize for being a newb ....... Ok most of the data recieved is text To be Honest I thought when i said ascii thats what it meant but as shaggy said some of the data is not legible text so i just simply said ascii due to that reason but that code works well for my situation shaggy thx you and also i thx jch for commenting does anyone know how to give props or credits on this site to solver? before i mark it as solved i wanna props but it is solved nm i got it i proped you both for helping