Imports System
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings

Class ASCIIEncodingExample
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' The encoding.
        Dim ascii As New ASCIIEncoding()

        ' A Unicode string with two characters outside the ASCII code range.
        Dim unicodeString As String = _
            "This Unicode string contains two characters " & _
            "with codes outside the ASCII code range, " & _
            "Pi (" & ChrW(928) & ") and Sigma (" & ChrW(931) & ")."
        Console.WriteLine("Original string:")
        Console.WriteLine(unicodeString)

        ' Save positions of the special characters for later reference.
        Dim indexOfPi As Integer = unicodeString.IndexOf(ChrW(928))
        Dim indexOfSigma As Integer = unicodeString.IndexOf(ChrW(931))

        ' Encode string.
        Dim encodedBytes As Byte() = ascii.GetBytes(unicodeString)
        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Encoded bytes:")
        Dim b As Byte
        For Each b In encodedBytes
            Console.Write("[{0}]", b)
        Next b
        Console.WriteLine()

        ' Notice that the special characters have been replaced with
        ' the value 63, which is the ASCII character code for '?'.
        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine( _
            "Value at position of Pi character: {0}", _
            encodedBytes(indexOfPi) _
        )
        Console.WriteLine( _
            "Value at position of Sigma character: {0}", _
            encodedBytes(indexOfSigma) _
        )

        ' Decode bytes back to string.
        ' Notice missing Pi and Sigma characters.
        Dim decodedString As String = ascii.GetString(encodedBytes)
        Console.WriteLine()
        Console.WriteLine("Decoded bytes:")
        Console.WriteLine(decodedString)
    End Sub 'Main
End Class 'ASCIIEncodingExample

using System;
using System.Text;

class ASCIIEncodingExample {
    public static void Main() {
        // The encoding.
        ASCIIEncoding ascii = new ASCIIEncoding();

        // A Unicode string with two characters outside the ASCII code range.
        String unicodeString =
            "This Unicode string contains two characters " +
            "with codes outside the ASCII code range, " +
            "Pi (\u03a0) and Sigma (\u03a3).";
        Console.WriteLine("Original string:");
        Console.WriteLine(unicodeString);

        // Save positions of the special characters for later reference.
        int indexOfPi = unicodeString.IndexOf('\u03a0');
        int indexOfSigma = unicodeString.IndexOf('\u03a3');

        // Encode string.
        Byte[] encodedBytes = ascii.GetBytes(unicodeString);
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("Encoded bytes:");
        foreach (Byte b in encodedBytes) {
            Console.Write("[{0}]", b);
        }
        Console.WriteLine();

        // Notice that the special characters have been replaced with
        // the value 63, which is the ASCII character code for '?'.
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Value at position of Pi character: {0}",
            encodedBytes[indexOfPi]
        );
        Console.WriteLine(
            "Value at position of Sigma character: {0}",
            encodedBytes[indexOfSigma]
        );

        // Decode bytes back to string.
        // Notice missing Pi and Sigma characters.
        String decodedString = ascii.GetString(encodedBytes);
        Console.WriteLine();
        Console.WriteLine("Decoded bytes:");
        Console.WriteLine(decodedString);
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Text;
int main()
{

   // The encoding.
   ASCIIEncoding^ ascii = gcnew ASCIIEncoding;

   // A Unicode string with two characters outside the ASCII code range.
   String^ unicodeString = "This Unicode String* contains two characters with codes outside the ASCII code range, Pi (\u03a0) and Sigma (\u03a3).";
   Console::WriteLine( "Original String*:" );
   Console::WriteLine( unicodeString );

   // Save positions of the special characters for later reference.
   int indexOfPi = unicodeString->IndexOf( L'\u03a0' );
   int indexOfSigma = unicodeString->IndexOf( L'\u03a3' );

   // Encode string.
   array<Byte>^encodedBytes = ascii->GetBytes( unicodeString );
   Console::WriteLine();
   Console::WriteLine( "Encoded bytes:" );
   IEnumerator^ myEnum = encodedBytes->GetEnumerator();
   while ( myEnum->MoveNext() )
   {
      Byte b = safe_cast<Byte>(myEnum->Current);
      Console::Write( "->Item[ {0}]", b );
   }

   Console::WriteLine();

   // Notice that the special characters have been replaced with
   // the value 63, which is the ASCII character code for '?'.
   Console::WriteLine();
   Console::WriteLine( "Value at position of Pi character: {0}", encodedBytes[ indexOfPi ] );
   Console::WriteLine( "Value at position of Sigma character: {0}", encodedBytes[ indexOfSigma ] );

   // Decode bytes back to string.
   // Notice missing Pi and Sigma characters.
   String^ decodedString = ascii->GetString( encodedBytes );
   Console::WriteLine();
   Console::WriteLine( "Decoded bytes:" );
   Console::WriteLine( decodedString );
}