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Convert ToChar (String) converts the first character of a string to a Unicode character
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Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim nullString As String = Nothing
Dim strings() As String = { "A", "This", vbTab, nullString }
Dim result As Char
For Each strng As String In strings
Try
result = Convert.ToChar(strng)
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' converts to '{1}'.", strng, result)
Catch e As FormatException
Console.WriteLine("'{0}' is not in the correct format for conversion to a Char.", _
strng)
Catch e As ArgumentNullException
Console.WriteLine("A null string cannot be converted to a Char.")
End Try
Next
End Sub
End Class
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