Question

Is there something similar to sprintf() in C#?

I would for instance like to convert an integer to a 2-byte byte-array.

Something like:

int number = 17; byte[] s = sprintf('%2c', number); 

Answer 1

It turned out, that what I really wanted was this:

short number = 17; System.IO.BinaryWriter writer = new System.IO.BinaryWriter(stream); writer.Write(number); writer.Flush(); 

The key here is the Write-function of the BinaryWriter class. It has 18 overloads, converting different formats to a byte array which it writes to the stream. In my case I have to make sure the number I want to write is kept in a short datatype, this will make the Write function write 2 bytes.