How to convert and add a String to List<byte>?

Question

I have a string which I want to convert into bytes (using the encoding.getbytes() function properly) and then the bytes that result from the conversion, add them to a List.

How can I do this? I've thought about doing a for and converting each character in the string and add it one by one to the list but I would like to know if there is a more efficient way of doing this.

Answer 1

Can't you just convert the GetBytes array to a list?

List<byte> byteList = Encoding.Default.GetBytes(inputString).ToList();

Or pass the array to List's constructor:

List<byte> byteList = new List<Byte>(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(str));

Answer 2

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        String str = "Kiran Bheemarti";

        List<byte> bytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(str).ToList();

        Console.Read();
    }
}