Android Question GetBytes returns length longer than string

[Robert Valentino]

I have a string that I do a

Dim InString          as String
Dim StringBytes() as Byte = InString.GetBytes("UTF8")

The length of StringBytes is longer than InString

If I do GetBytes("ISO-8859-1") then the lengths are equal.

Why does UTF8 return more bytes?

BobVal

 

[KMatle]

UTF8 uses 1-4 bytes to represent a single char 8 Bits = 1 byte -> so you could only represent 256 different values (= chars). That's why UTFx was created. Think about all the languages in the world (liker German with the special chars äöüß) or emoticons in WhatsApp&Facebook.

 

[Robert Valentino]

Brain Fart. Was thinking UTF8 would give me just an 8 byte value... Daa