Convert byte data to string output like in hex editor

Question

I’m looking for method that will return string representation of byte data just like hex editor can. It should have one parameter which is byte[] and returns string like the following:

This method should handle escape characters, nulls and align text properly. I want to use it in Debug.WriteLine(). Please help me with this! Thanks!

Update: Ok. Thank you all guys. Here is a link for a ready to use solution http://illegalargumentexception.blogspot.fr/2008/04/c-file-hex-dump-application.html by Darin Dimitrov

Answer 1

You could use the ToString method:

public static string ToString(byte[] buffer)
{
    return BitConverter.ToString(buffer);
}

Answer 2

try this :

  byte[] b1 = ...

  string h = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(b1);