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Reading a byte from GUI

Hello!

How do you convert string to a single byte?

For example, I have the following string:

"10111010"

I need to use that data (8 bits) to fill a byte.

I tried like this:

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  1.  
  2. Public Shared Function StrToByteArray(ByVal str As String) As Byte()
  3.       str = str.Substring(0, 8)
  4.       Dim encoding As New System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
  5.       Return encoding.GetBytes(str)
  6.    End Function 'StrToByteArray
  7.  
but it always returns 49

what am I doing wrong?
tnks in advance.
May 23 '07 #1
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