Imports System
Public Class Test
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim i As Integer = Convert.ToByte("a"c) ' Convert to ASCII integer.
Dim ch As Char = Convert.ToChar(i) ' Convert ASCII integer to char.
Console.WriteLine(i)
Console.WriteLine(ch)
Console.WriteLine(Convert.ToChar(98))
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' 97
' a
' b
'