Convert Hex-value in chraracter and after that in Byte

[Alexander Levchenko]

Hello All,

I try to convert hex-value "&HAA" in character and after that in byte

Dim sTest As String
Dim Encoder As New System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
Dim bByte() As Byte

sTest = Chr(&HAA)
bByte = Encoder.GetBytes(sTest)

As result I have "bByte = 63", but "63" is code for character "?".
Can enybody explain me this phenomenon???
Thanks in advance.

Alexander.

[Cor Ligthert]

Alexander,

Not to difficult. ASCII is 7 bit code what is until 127
AA = 170

I hope this helps

Cor

[Chris, Master of All Things Insignificant]

Try this.

Dim sTest As String
Dim Encoder As New System.Text.UnicodeEncoding
Dim bByte() As Byte

sTest = Chr(&HAA)
bByte = Encoder.GetBytes(sTest)

Chris

"Cor Ligthert" <no************@planet.nl> wrote in message
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Alexander,

Not to difficult. ASCII is 7 bit code what is until 127
AA = 170

I hope this helps

Cor

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Alexander Levchenko" <Al****************@discussions.microsoft.com>
schrieb:

I try to convert hex-value "&HAA" in character and after that in byte

Dim sTest As String
Dim Encoder As New System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
Dim bByte() As Byte

sTest = Chr(&HAA)
ASCII is always 7-bit, so there are only characters with codes 0 through
127. '&HAA' = 170, so it's not an ASCII character.
bByte = Encoder.GetBytes(sTest)

If you want to use the current Windows ANSI codepage:

\\\
bByte = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(sTest)
///

This will return a byte array with one element containing 170.

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