VB has a couple of native functions for converting a char to an ASCII value and vice versa - Asc() and Chr().
Now I need to get the equivalent functionality in C#. What's the best way?
You could always add a reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic and then use the exact same methods: Strings.Chr and Strings.Asc.
That's the easiest way to get the exact same functionality.
For Asc() you can cast the char to an int like this:
int i = (int)your_char;
and for Chr() you can cast back to a char from an int like this:
char c = (char)your_int;
Here is a small program that demonstrates the entire thing:
using System;
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
char c = 'A';
int i = 65;
// both print "True"
Console.WriteLine(i == (int)c);
Console.WriteLine(c == (char)i);
}
}