how to initialize a byte array

Question

I found some people initialize byte array like this: byte[] = new byte[0x1000]; why initialize its length by hexadecimals rather than by decimal?

Answer 1

Citing a similar thread, maybe 0x1000 “was implicitly known as a hex value”, so you let the compiler to convert it to 4096, or “the author of the code felt that 0x1000 would be more readable than 4096 - possibly for no better reason than the fact that humans kinda like round numbers” [http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vcgeneral/thread/78506c5e-0e8d-43e1-8fa0-6a9fd2c07a3e].

Answer 2

You can simply go for decimal too..the reason the author goes for 0x1000 is to enhance code readability...it looks better..that's it! 

like this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            sbyte[] s_byte = new sbyte[10]; /*normal decimal sized array*/
        }
    }
}

happy coding..!