How do I concatenate 2 bytes?

Question

I have 2 bytes:

byte b1 = 0x5a;  
byte b2 = 0x25;

How do I get 0x5a25 ?

Answer 1

It can be done using bitwise operators '<<' and '|'

public int Combine(byte b1, byte b2)
{
    int combined = b1 << 8 | b2;
    return combined;
}

Usage example:

[Test]
public void Test()
{
    byte b1 = 0x5a;
    byte b2 = 0x25;
    var combine = Combine(b1, b2);
    Assert.That(combine, Is.EqualTo(0x5a25));
}