Visual Basic does not support APIs that consume or return unsafe types.

Visual Basic does not support APIs that consume or return unsafe types.

[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)] 
public String (
    sbyte* value,
    int startIndex,
    int length
)

[CLSCompliantAttribute(false)] 
public:
String (
    signed char* value, 
    int startIndex, 
    int length
)

J# does not support APIs that consume or return unsafe types.

JScript does not support APIs that consume or return unsafe types.

unsafe
{
    // Null terminated ASCII characters in an sbyte array
    String szAsciiUpper = null;
    sbyte[] sbArr1 = new sbyte[] { 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x00 };
    // Instruct the Garbage Collector not to move the memory
    fixed(sbyte* pAsciiUpper = sbArr1)
    {
        szAsciiUpper = new String(pAsciiUpper);
    }
    String szAsciiLower = null;
    sbyte[] sbArr2 = { 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x00 };
    // Instruct the Garbage Collector not to move the memory
    fixed(sbyte* pAsciiLower = sbArr2)
    {
        szAsciiLower = new String(pAsciiLower, 0, sbArr2.Length);
    }
    // Prints "ABC abc"
    Console.WriteLine(szAsciiUpper + " " + szAsciiLower);

    // Compare Strings - the result is true
    Console.WriteLine("The Strings are equal when capitalized ? " +
        (String.Compare(szAsciiUpper.ToUpper(), szAsciiLower.ToUpper())==0?"true":"false") );

    // This is the effective equivalent of another Compare method, which ignores case
    Console.WriteLine("The Strings are equal when capitalized ? " +
        (String.Compare(szAsciiUpper, szAsciiLower, true)==0?"true":"false") );
}

// Null terminated ASCII characters in a simple char array
char charArray3[4] = {0x41,0x42,0x43,0x00};
char * pstr3 =  &charArray3[ 0 ];
String^ szAsciiUpper = gcnew String( pstr3 );
char charArray4[4] = {0x61,0x62,0x63,0x00};
char * pstr4 =  &charArray4[ 0 ];
String^ szAsciiLower = gcnew String( pstr4,0,sizeof(charArray4) );

// Prints "ABC abc"
Console::WriteLine( String::Concat( szAsciiUpper,  " ", szAsciiLower ) );

// Compare Strings - the result is true
Console::WriteLine( String::Concat(  "The Strings are equal when capitalized ? ", (0 == String::Compare( szAsciiUpper->ToUpper(), szAsciiLower->ToUpper() ) ? (String^)"TRUE" :  "FALSE") ) );

// This is the effective equivalent of another Compare method, which ignores case
Console::WriteLine( String::Concat(  "The Strings are equal when capitalized ? ", (0 == String::Compare( szAsciiUpper, szAsciiLower, true ) ? (String^)"TRUE" :  "FALSE") ) );