[Solved] ASCII to Base32

Question

The value in txtbox.Text is a string which can’t be automatically converted to a byte array. So the line Dim DataToEncode As Byte() = txtbox.Text can’t be compiled. To get the ASCII representation of a string use the System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes() method.

Dim DataToEncode As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(txtbox.Text)

Also strings in VB.Net do not store ASCII values, they use UTF-16.

Accepted Answer

The value in txtbox.Text is a string which can’t be automatically converted to a byte array. So the line Dim DataToEncode As Byte() = txtbox.Text can’t be compiled. To get the ASCII representation of a string use the System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes() method.

Dim DataToEncode As Byte() = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(txtbox.Text)

Also strings in VB.Net do not store ASCII values, they use UTF-16.