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

[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 dont want to use the above, or bring in the vb namespace, Id 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")

 

[JustAProg]

Thank you. Thats exactly what I was after, cheers.

By the way, whats the little c for, I thought it was a typo to start with then realised its 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".