Question

I need to send an integer through a NetworkStream. The problem is that I only can send bytes.
Thats why I need to split the integer in four byte’s and send those and at the other end convert it back to a int.

For now I need this only in C#. But for the final project I will need to convert the four bytes to an int in Lua.

[EDIT]
How about in Lua?

Answer 1

Try

BitConverter.GetBytes()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.bitconverter.aspx

Just keep in mind that the order of the bytes in returned array depends on the endianness of your system.

EDIT:
As for the Lua part, I don’t know how to convert back. You could always multiply by 16 to get the same functionality of a bitwise shift by 4. It’s not pretty and I would imagine there is some library or something that implements it. Again, the order to add the bytes in depends on the endianness, so you might want to read up on that

Maybe you can convert back in C#?