Convert char to int in C#

Question

I have a char in c#:

char foo = \'2\';

Now I want to get the 2 into an int. I find that Convert.ToInt32 returns the actual decimal value o

Answer 1

I'm using Compact Framework 3.5, and not has a "char.Parse" method. I think is not bad to use the Convert class. (See CLR via C#, Jeffrey Richter)

char letterA = Convert.ToChar(65);
Console.WriteLine(letterA);
letterA = 'あ';
ushort valueA = Convert.ToUInt16(letterA);
Console.WriteLine(valueA);
char japaneseA = Convert.ToChar(valueA);
Console.WriteLine(japaneseA);

Works with ASCII char or Unicode char