VB.net Hex to byte array translated to C#

Question

Hey all I am getting the following error when running this code:

byte[] bytes = new[] {
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(127)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(7)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(170)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(218)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(228)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(50)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(1)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(155)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(171)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(232)),
    Convert.ToByte("&H" + Conversion.Hex(127))
};

The error is:

Input string was not in a correct format.

Originally the code above is from a VB.net to C# translation. The original Vb.net code looked like this:

Dim bytes() As Byte = {"&H" & Hex(127), "&H" & Hex(7), "&H" & Hex(170), 
                       "&H" & Hex(218), "&H" & Hex(228), "&H" & Hex(50), 
                       "&H" & Hex(1), "&H" & Hex(155), "&H" & Hex(171), 
                       "&H" & Hex(232), "&H" & Hex(127)}

What do I need to do in order to get this working in C#?

Answer 1

Visual Basic performs an implicit conversion from string to hex, but C# cannot do that. Rather than doing all this extra fluff, why not just use:

byte[] bytes = new byte[] { 127, 7, 170, 218, 228, 50, 1, 155, 171, 232, 127};

When I switched from VB to C# years ago, I learned that C# is MUCH more streamlined!!! Truthfully though, the original VB code could have just as well omitted all the calls to the Hex function.

Dim bytes As Byte() = New Byte() {127, 7, 170, 218, 228, 50, 1, 155, 171, 232, 127}