Super easy string question

I have a character

dim x as char

How do I determine it's ascii value so that

x = "a"

returns 36 (or whatever - it might be 50 something)

In VB6, I would do

? asc(x)
or
? char(x)

depending but in .Net I was expecting

? x.ToAscii

but char's don't support that.

VB Code:

Dim x As Char = "P"
MessageBox.Show(Asc(x)) 'returns 80

So it's the same? :confused:

.Net is so inconsistent ...

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Originally posted by Gary Campbell
So it's the same? :confused:

.Net is so inconsistent ...

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Yeah , same function . Actually , this function is imported from the compatibiliy namesapce (Miscrosoft.VisualBasic) .

Well in c# we can do (int)char and in vb.net it might be something like CType('c', integer)

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Originally posted by PT Exorcist
in vb.net it might be something like CType('c', integer)

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It won't work . :rolleyes: