Convert String to System.IO.Stream [duplicate]

Try this:

// convert string to stream
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(contents);
//byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(contents);
MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);

and

// convert stream to string
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(stream);
string text = reader.ReadToEnd();

To convert a string to a stream you need to decide which encoding the bytes in the stream should have to represent that string - for example you can:

MemoryStream mStrm= new MemoryStream( Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes( contents ) );

MSDN references:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ds4kkd55%28v=VS.100%29.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/e55f3s5k.aspx

System.IO.MemoryStream mStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream(System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes( contents));