Convert.ToUInt16 Method (Char)
.NET Framework (current version)
Converts the value of the specified Unicode character to the equivalent 16-bit unsigned integer.
This API is not CLS-compliant.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
<CLSCompliantAttribute(False)> Public Shared Function ToUInt16 ( value As Char ) As UShort
Parameters
- value
-
Type:
System.Char
The Unicode character to convert.
The following example converts each element in a character array to an unsigned 16-bit integer.
Dim chars() As Char = { "a"c, "z"c, ChrW(7), ChrW(1023), _ ChrW(Short.MaxValue), ChrW(&hFFFE) } Dim result As UShort For Each ch As Char in chars result = Convert.ToUInt16(ch) Console.WriteLine("Converted the {0} value '{1}' to the {2} value {3}.", _ ch.GetType().Name, ch, _ result.GetType().Name, result) Next ' The example displays the following output: ' Converted the Char value 'a' to the UInt16 value 97. ' Converted the Char value 'z' to the UInt16 value 122. ' Converted the Char value '' to the UInt16 value 7. ' Converted the Char value '?' to the UInt16 value 1023. ' Converted the Char value '?' to the UInt16 value 32767. ' Converted the Char value '?' to the UInt16 value 65534.
Universal Windows Platform
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
Available since 8
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
Portable Class Library
Supported in: portable .NET platforms
Silverlight
Available since 2.0
Windows Phone Silverlight
Available since 7.0
Windows Phone
Available since 8.1
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