using System;

using System.Text;

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public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        // String

        String s = "Hi there.";

​

        // Encoding object

        Encoding encodingUTF8 = Encoding.UTF8;

​

        // Encode string to byte array

        Byte[] encodedBytes = encodingUTF8.GetBytes(s);

        Console.WriteLine("Encoded bytes: " +

                          BitConverter.ToString(encodedBytes));

​

        // Decode to string

        String decodedString = encodingUTF8.GetString(encodedBytes);

        Console.WriteLine("Decoded string: " + decodedString);

    }

}