public static byte[] GetBytes(decimal dec)
{
//Load four 32 bit integers from the Decimal.GetBits function
Int32[] bits = decimal.GetBits(dec);
//Create a temporary list to hold the bytes
List <byte> bytes = new List <byte>();
//iterate each 32 bit integer
foreach (Int32 i in bits)
{
var b = BitConverter.GetBytes(i);
b = ByteArrayExtensions.Endian(b);
//add the bytes of the current 32bit integer
//to the bytes list
bytes.AddRange(b);
}
//return the bytes list as an array
return(bytes.ToArray());
}
public static decimal ToDecimal(byte[] bytes)
{
//check that it is even possible to convert the array
if (bytes.Length != 16)
{
throw new Exception("A decimal must be created from exactly 16 bytes");
}
//make an array to convert back to int32's
Int32[] bits = new Int32[4];
byte[] b = new byte[4];
for (int i = 0; i <= 15; i += 4)
{
Buffer.BlockCopy(bytes, i, b, 0, 4);
b = ByteArrayExtensions.Endian(b);
//convert every 4 bytes into an int32
bits[i / 4] = BitConverter.ToInt32(b, 0);
}
//Use the decimal's new constructor to
//create an instance of decimal
return(new decimal(bits));
}
