Imports System
Public Class Program
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Dim str As String = "vb.net c# c++ python c java php"
Dim ascii AS Integer = 112 ' 112 = 'p'
str = str.Replace(Convert.ToString(Char.ConvertFromUtf32(ascii)), String.Empty)
Console.WriteLine(str)
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' vb.net c# c++ ython c java h
'