is a byte array an octal number ?

[mmatteson]

when i'm looking at a value and using console.writeline(byte[0]); to print the output of a network stream. i am getting a 69 printed to the screen. is this an octal number or the binary number 69? 01000101?

[Mike_V]

It is 69 in decimal (01000101 binary). I don't know how/if C# can display octal. A byte array is just a bunch of bytes - numbers that can range between 0-255 decimal, 00000000 to 11111111 binary, or 000-377 octal. HTH, Mike

[Christian Graus]

If it was octal, it wouldn't have a 9 in it. If it was binary, then it wouldn't have a 6 OR a 9 in it. I would have thought byte was a keyword and couldn't be an array name... If you're worried, use ToString and pass it a format so you know what it is.

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