Results for &#x201C;Binary formats &amp; structured parsing&#x201D;

Convert between hexadecimal text and bytes

PowerShell: Use the .NET hexadecimal helpers instead of parsing byte pairs manually.

Decode hexadecimal bytes

C#: FromHexString and ToHexString handle binary data without manually parsing pairs of characters.

Convert bytes to Base64 and back

C#: Encode text to UTF-8 before converting it to a Base64 representation.

Deserialize a JSON object into a dictionary

C#: Specify the value type expected from a known JSON shape.

Encode and decode UTF-8 text with Base64

PowerShell: Convert the string to bytes explicitly before Base64 encoding.

Enumerate the items of a JSON array

C#: Dispose JsonDocument after reading its elements.

Escape a single URL parameter value

PowerShell: EscapeDataString encodes one value without treating it as a complete URL.

Escape plain text before placing it in HTML

PowerShell: HtmlEncode converts HTML delimiters to entities in ordinary text contexts.

Handle a malformed JSON document

PowerShell: ConvertFrom-Json reports a terminating conversion error under the selected error preference.

Handle malformed JSON

C#: Catch JsonException for malformed JSON without swallowing unrelated failures.

Hash a UTF-8 value with SHA-256

C#: Use SHA256.HashData for a one-shot content digest.

Measure the byte length of UTF-8 text

C#: Character count and encoded byte count can differ for non-ASCII text.