CompressString Method (s)

Keyoti RapidSpell Silverlight

Compress a string into a byte array using GZip.

Declaration Syntax

Visual Basic

Visual C++

public static byte[] CompressString(
	string s
)

Public Shared Function CompressString ( 
	s As String
) As Byte()

public:
static array<unsigned char>^ CompressString(
	String^ s
)

static member CompressString : 
        s : string -> byte[]

Parameters

s (String): A string to compress. The string will first be encoded using UTF8, then compressed.

Return Value

array<Byte>[]()[][]
The string in compressed form

Remarks

Uncompress it with UncompressString(array<Byte>[]()[][]).