static void Main(string[] args) { string s = "Hi there."; Encoding encodingUTF8 = Encoding.UTF8; byte[] encodedBytes = encodingUTF8.GetBytes(s); Console.WriteLine("Encoded bytes: " + BitConverter.ToString(encodedBytes)); string decodedString = encodingUTF8.GetString(encodedBytes); Console.WriteLine("Decoded string: " + decodedString); ASCIIEncoding aSCII = (ASCIIEncoding)Encoding.ASCII; Console.WriteLine(aSCII.ToString()); }