Rolls, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> How do I limit the amount of bytes copied on the assignment?
> or what can I
> do to achieve the following -
>
> byte[] data = new byte[4096];
> int bytesread=0;
> while((bytesread = streamthing.read( data, 0, data.Length )) > 0 ) {
>
> //** The line below makes the oData have a length of 4096
> when all I need
> is the bytesread?
> object oData = data;
>
> DoSomething( ref oData );
> }
I think you'll find that oData will always have a Length of 4096 because
that's what you allocated data as. If you want to something with only a
portion of the array, (i.e. 0 to bytesread - 1) then you'll need to pass
bytesread as additional information to whomever is using the array.
HTH,
Drew
.NET MVP
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