Add Char to String?

Question

Hi I have a string that goes like this string s1 = Hey; I need to add a byte value of 3 (for string length) to beginning of the string. So it Will begin with 0x03. How can I do this? What is the easiest way to do this?

Alan · Answer

This is the easiest way: byte b = 0x03; string s1 = Hey; s1 = (char)b + s1; Notice that in .NET strings always consist of unicode characters and you therefore need to convert the byte to a char before prepending it to the string.