Convert string to byte array and vice-versa

This code sample shows how to convert a string to a byte array and and byte array to string.

//function to convert string to byte array
public static byte[] ConvertStringToByteArray(string stringToConvert)
{
return (new UnicodeEncoding()).GetBytes(stringToConvert);
}

//function to convert byte array to string
public static string ConvertByteArrayToString(byte[] byteArray)
{
return (new UnicodeEncoding()).GetString(byteArray);
}