Java.lang.String.getByte() in Java

getbytes() function in java is used to convert a string into sequence of bytes and returns an array of bytes. This function can be implemented in two ways. Both the ways are discussed in this article.

  1. Syntax 1 – public byte[] getBytes() : This function takes no arguments and used default charset to encode the string into bytes.
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    // Java code to demonstrate the working of
    // getByte()
    public class GetByte {
      
    public static void main(String args[])
        {
            // Initializing String
            String gfg = "ASTHA GFG";
      
            // Displaying string values before
            // conversion
            System.out.println("The String before conversion is : ");
            System.out.println(gfg);
      
            // converting the string into byte
            // using getBytes ( converts into ASCII values )
            byte[] b = gfg.getBytes();
      
            // Displaying converted string after conversion
            System.out.println("The String after conversion is : ");
            for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) {
                System.out.print(b[i]);
            }
        }
    }

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    The String before conversion is : 
ASTHA GFG
The String after conversion is : 
658384726532717071

    

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  2. Syntax 2 : public byte[] getBytes(Charset charset):  This implementation accepts the charset according to which string has to be encoded while conversion into bytes. There are many charset defined and are discussed below.

      

    • US-ASCII: Seven-bit ASCII, a.k.a. ISO646-US, a.k.a. the Basic Latin block of the Unicode character set
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    • ISO-8859-1: ISO Latin Alphabet No. 1, a.k.a. ISO-LATIN-1
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    • UTF-8: Eight-bit UCS Transformation Format
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    • UTF-16BE: Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, big-endian byte order
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    • UTF-16LE: Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, little-endian byte order
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    • UTF-16: Sixteen-bit UCS Transformation Format, byte order identified by an optional byte-order mark.
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    // Java code to demonstrate the working of 
    

    // getByte() using different character sets 
    

    import java.io.*; 
    

    public class GetBytecharset { 
    

      
    

    public static void main(String args[]) 
    

        { 
    

            // Initializing String 
    

            String gfg = new String("ASTHA GFG"); 
    

      
    

            // Displaying string values before 
    

            // conversion 
    

            System.out.println("The String before conversion is : "); 
    

            System.out.println(gfg); 
    

      
    

            try { 
    

      
    

                // converting the string into byte 
    

                // using getBytes ( converts into UTF-16 values ) 
    

                byte[] b = gfg.getBytes("UTF-16"); 
    

      
    

                // Displaying converted string after conversion 
    

                // into UTF-16 
    

                System.out.println("The String after conversion into UTF-16 is : "); 
    

                for (int i = 0; i < b.length; i++) { 
    

                    System.out.print(b[i]); 
    

                } 
    

      
    

                System.out.print("\n"); 
    

      
    

                // converting the string into byte 
    

                // using getBytes ( converts into UTF-16BE values ) 
    

                byte[] c = gfg.getBytes("UTF-16BE"); 
    

      
    

                // Displaying converted string after conversion 
    

                // into UTF-16BE 
    

                System.out.println("The String after conversion into UTF-16BE is : "); 
    

                for (int i = 0; i < c.length; i++) { 
    

                    System.out.print(c[i]); 
    

                } 
    

            } 
    

            catch (UnsupportedEncodingException g) { 
    

                System.out.println("Unsupported character set" + g); 
    

            } 
    

        } 
    

    } 
    

    
    		

    
    

    

    

    

    

    

    
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    The String before conversion is : 
ASTHA GFG
The String after conversion into UTF-16 is : 
-2-1065083084072065032071070071
The String after conversion into UTF-16BE is : 
065083084072065032071070071

    

    
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