Imports System.Text
Module Example
Public Sub Main()
Dim enc As Encoding = Encoding.Ascii
Dim str1 As String = String.Format("{0} {1} {2}", ChrW(&h24C8), ChrW(&h2075), ChrW(&h221E))
Console.WriteLine(str1)
For Each ch In str1
Console.Write("{0} ", Convert.ToUInt16(ch).ToString("X4"))
Next
Dim bytes() As Byte = enc.GetBytes(str1)
For Each byt In bytes
Console.Write("{0:X2} ", byt)
Next
Dim str2 As String = enc.GetString(bytes)
Console.WriteLine("Round-trip: {0}", str1.Equals(str2))
If Not str1.Equals(str2) Then
Console.WriteLine(str2)
For Each ch In str2
Console.Write("{0} ", Convert.ToUInt16(ch).ToString("X4"))
Next
End If
End Sub
End Module