Conversion double array to byte array
You can use the Select
and ToArray
methods to convert one array to another:
oneArray = anotherArray.Select(n => {
// the conversion of one item from one type to another goes here
}).ToArray();
To convert from double to byte:
byteArray = doubleArray.Select(n => {
return Convert.ToByte(n);
}).ToArray();
To convert from byte to double you just change the conversion part:
doubleArray = byteArray.Select(n => {
return Convert.ToDouble(n);
}).ToArray();
If you want to convert each double to a multi-byte representation, you can use the SelectMany
method and the BitConverter
class. As each double will result in an array of bytes, the SelectMany
method will flatten them into a single result.
byteArray = doubleArray.SelectMany(n => {
return BitConverter.GetBytes(n);
}).ToArray();
To convert back to doubles, you would need to loop the bytes eight at a time:
doubleArray = Enumerable.Range(0, byteArray.Length / 8).Select(i => {
return BitConverter.ToDouble(byteArray, i * 8);
}).ToArray();
Assuming you want the doubles placed in the corresponding byte array one after the other, LINQ can make short work out of this:
static byte[] GetBytes(double[] values)
{
return values.SelectMany(value => BitConverter.GetBytes(value)).ToArray();
}
Alternatively, you could use Buffer.BlockCopy()
:
static byte[] GetBytesAlt(double[] values)
{
var result = new byte[values.Length * sizeof(double)];
Buffer.BlockCopy(values, 0, result, 0, result.Length);
return result;
}
To convert back:
static double[] GetDoubles(byte[] bytes)
{
return Enumerable.Range(0, bytes.Length / sizeof(double))
.Select(offset => BitConverter.ToDouble(bytes, offset * sizeof(double)))
.ToArray();
}
static double[] GetDoublesAlt(byte[] bytes)
{
var result = new double[bytes.Length / sizeof(double)];
Buffer.BlockCopy(bytes, 0, result, 0, bytes.Length);
return result;
}