C# are they the same: Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes & Convert.FromBase64String?

confused by the encoding stuff. are Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes and Convert.FromBase64St开发者_如何学运维ring are the same?

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er... no. Base64 is a particular way of encoding binary data in an ASCII (7-bit) stream, usually for transmitting through some other media (email, etc...).

UTF8 is the way of encoding Unicode text as a series of bytes without having to use multiple characters for 7-bit ASCII characters.

In other words: One is for binary data, the other is for text.

Side note: Strings in .NET are already in UTF16, and there are other methods for writing to files and streams as UTF8.