Super easy string question

[Foxer]

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.

[Pirate]

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

[Foxer]

So it's the same?

.Net is so inconsistent ...

[Pirate]

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

.Net is so inconsistent ...

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

[PT Exorcist]

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

[Pirate]

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

It won't work .