FromHexString() [1/2]

static byte[] System.Convert.FromHexString ( ReadOnlySpan< char > chars )

inlinestatic

Definition at line 3141 of file Convert.cs.

    {
        if (chars.Length == 0)
        {
            return Array.Empty<byte>();
        }
        if ((uint)chars.Length % 2u != 0)
        {
            throw new FormatException(SR.Format_BadHexLength);
        }
        byte[] array = GC.AllocateUninitializedArray<byte>(chars.Length >> 1);
        if (!HexConverter.TryDecodeFromUtf16(chars, array))
        {
            throw new FormatException(SR.Format_BadHexChar);
        }
        return array;
    }

References System.array, System.chars, System.SR.Format_BadHexChar, System.SR.Format_BadHexLength, and System.HexConverter.TryDecodeFromUtf16().