System.Tests.StringTests.Ctor_CharPtr_OddAddressShouldStillWork C# (CSharp) Method

        public static unsafe void Ctor_CharPtr_OddAddressShouldStillWork()
        {
            // We need to get an odd address, so allocate a byte[] and
            // take the address of the second element
            byte[] bytes = { 0xff, 0x12, 0x34, 0x00, 0x00 };
            fixed (byte* pBytes = bytes)
            {
                // The address of a fixed byte[] should always be even
                Debug.Assert((int)pBytes % 2 == 0);
                char* pCh = (char*)(pBytes + 1);
                
                // This should handle the odd address when trying to get
                // the length of the string to allocate
                string actual = new string(pCh);

                // Since we're casting between pointers of types with different sizes,
                // the result will vary on little/big endian platforms
                string expected = BitConverter.IsLittleEndian ? "\u3412" : "\u1234";
                Assert.Equal(expected, actual);
            }
        }