Retrieving actual length of a buffer array

[FireRabbit]

Howdy,

I've got an array with a fixed size ( Public Buffer(10000) As Byte )..How would I figure out how many characters are actually in it (.Length returns the size of the array).

Intrestingly enough, If i convert it to a string:

Dim str As String = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetString(Buffer)

str.Length also returns the size of the buffer array, so I guess another question would be how to get the number of characters in that string.

Thanks in advance,
FireRabbit

[Lunatic3]

If you are sure that the data are added to your array consequetively then you can use the following code to retrive the actual lenght of it.

Dim Buffer(10000) as Byte
'
'
'
 
Dim i as Integer ' the lenght you are looking for
i=buffer.IndexOf(buffer, CByte(Nothing))
 
' And for any string
 
i=str.Indexof(Nothing)

but if the data is scatterred around in you buffer then i am affraid you have no other way than looping through the buffe and counting the empty bytes.