convert string to bytes and vice versa for various encodings

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Import namespace

using System.Text;

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string text = "www.csharpdeveloping.net";
            
byte[] bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(text);
text = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(bytes);

bytes = Encoding.BigEndianUnicode.GetBytes(text);
text = Encoding.BigEndianUnicode.GetString(bytes);

bytes = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(text);
text = Encoding.Unicode.GetString(bytes);

bytes = Encoding.UTF32.GetBytes(text);
text = Encoding.UTF32.GetString(bytes);

bytes = Encoding.UTF7.GetBytes(text);
text = Encoding.UTF7.GetString(bytes);

bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(text);
text = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes);

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