How to convert a byte array to string and vice versa

Here are a few sample commands

System.Text.Encoding encoding = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII;

// convert a string to a byte array
Byte[] data = encoding.GetBytes( "a text string" );
// shorter form
Byte[] data = System.Text.Encoding.GetBytes( "a text string" );

// convert a byte array to a string
string mydata = encoding.GetString( data );
// shorter form
string mydata = System.Text.Encoding.GetString( data );