form a 16 byte array from string c# code example

Example 1: c# string to byte array

string author = "Mahesh Chand";  
// Convert a C# string to a byte array  
byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(author);  

// Convert a byte array to a C# string. 
string str = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);

Example 2: string from byte array c#

var str = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetString(result);