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Asked: 2026-06-13T12:14:00+00:00

I have simple question. As we know that Char takes two bytes (16 bit),

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I have simple question.
As we know that Char takes two bytes (16 bit), and Byte takes one byte(8 bits).
But in many programming languages there is a function that converts Char to Byte. How it is possible to convert Char to Byte without losing anything?

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  1. Editorial Team

    In C# and java char is a 16 bit Unicode character. In other (older?) languages (C, C++, etc.) chars are 8 bit representations of ASCII characters. In those languages it makes sense to convert the types without losing anything.

    In C# you can convert chars to twice as many bytes, or assume (be sure really) that the chars that you are trying to convert are 8 bit chars (look at the ASCII table) written as Unicode chars.

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