How to zip (and unzip) byte[] in C#?

Question

How can I zip (and unzip) a byte array in C#?

Is it efficient to use zip/unzip on byte arrays with less than 100 elements?

Answer 1

DotNetZip is the library I have used to handle zip/unzip in .NET . If you don't care about the format and if you are just looking for a compression technique, you could look into GZipStream class that's built into .Net framework. Here's an example. .

Compression is one thing that's highly subjective based on the content. You could do a few tests with your elements to get get an average compression ratio and then you can decide whether or not it's worth the overhead.