.NET Core C#

Compress Text from StringBuilder to Gzip (BinData Output)

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This example demonstrates how to use the CompressSb method to compress text stored in a StringBuilder into Gzip format.

The text is first converted to its byte representation using the specified character set (in this case, UTF-8). These bytes are then compressed, and the resulting Gzip data is written to a BinData object in memory.

This approach is useful when working with dynamically generated text that you want to compress without first writing it to a file. The example also shows how the compressed data can optionally be saved to a .gz file.

.NET Core C#

bool success = false;

// This example demonstrates how to compress text contained in a StringBuilder
// into Gzip format, storing the compressed result in a BinData object.

Chilkat.Gzip gzip = new Chilkat.Gzip();
Chilkat.StringBuilder sb = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
Chilkat.BinData bd = new Chilkat.BinData();

// Add some text to the StringBuilder:
sb.Append("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.");

// Compress the text using UTF-8 encoding:
success = gzip.CompressSb(sb,"utf-8",bd);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(gzip.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// The BinData now contains the Gzip-compressed bytes.
Debug.WriteLine("Compression successful.");
Debug.WriteLine("Compressed size (bytes): " + Convert.ToString(bd.NumBytes));

// (Optional) Save to a .gz file:
success = bd.WriteFile("text.gz");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(bd.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Gzip file written to text.gz");