string to byte array

[james]

Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:

> "james" wrote
> > BCS Wrote:
> >
> >> Reply to rickdiaz,
> >>
> >> > how do i convert a string of chars to byte array
> >> >
> >> > will this work:
> >> >
> >> > ubyte[] b;
> >> > char[] s="test";
> >> > b = cast(ubyte[]) s;
> >> > thx in advance
> >> >
> >>
> >> note: char[] is utf-8 so that might not do exactly what you expect if you
> >> are not careful about what you expect.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > i wonder how you turn uint into ubyte array?, because above method wont 
> > work
> 
> uint i;
> auto ubarray = (cast(ubyte *)&i)[0..i.sizeof];
> 
> But be careful, you have to account for endianness.
> 
> -Steve 
> 
> 
 thanks alot