VB.NET equivelent of chr$() and asc() ?

[Guest JustAProg]

Like the various uses of 'myString.substring' are used in vb.net instead of the old vb6 left, right and mid. Can someone tell me the vb.net version of, for example: chr$(34) and asc("Z"), thanks.

 

I don't want to use the above, or bring in the vb namespace, I'd like to find the proper vb.net way of doing them.

 

Thanks

[Thinker]

Not sure if this is really any faster, but you can use the native

System.Convert class.

System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(System.Convert.ToChar(34)) 'Chr$(34)
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(System.Convert.ToByte("Z"c)) 'Asc("Z")

[Guest JustAProg]

Thank you. That's exactly what I was after, cheers.

 

By the way, what's the 'little c' for, I thought it was a typo to start with then realised it's needed, seems rather out of place if ya know what I mean.

 

>> ("Z"c) <<

[Bucky]

The little c represents that the value in quote marks is a Char,

not a String, so you can tell the difference when debugging. The

ToChar method, as the name implies, returns a Char, not a String

like Chr$() does.

[Thinker]

Good point Bucky. I should have pointed that out. You would

have to do one more conversion to get the Char converted to a

string. It has to be that way, because the ToString method would

just change 34 to "34".