Converting a md5 hash byte array to a string
public static string ToHex(this byte[] bytes, bool upperCase)
{
StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(bytes.Length*2);
for (int i = 0; i < bytes.Length; i++)
result.Append(bytes[i].ToString(upperCase ? "X2" : "x2"));
return result.ToString();
}
You can then call it as an extension method:
string hexString = byteArray.ToHex(false);
I always found this to be the most convenient:
string hashPassword = BitConverter.ToString(byteHashedPassword).Replace("-","");
For some odd reason BitConverter likes to put dashes between bytes, so the replace just removes them.
Update: If you prefer "lowercase" hex, just do a .ToLower() and boom.
Do note that if you are doing this as a tight loop and many ops this could be expensive since there are at least two implicit string casts and resizes going on.