>Here's my scenario: I am storing a small number as a single character in a string. If that number happens to be 10, C# is converting it to "\n". I imagine I will run into the problem with other escape codes as well. I really need CHR(10) to be stored in the string, not "\n". I've tried Convert.ToChar(myint), (char)myint, and even went so far as to use VisualBasic.Strings.Chr(), but it always comes back as "\n" in the string. The string is later encrypted, and that's where it is really messing things up. Is there anyway to "escape the escape" and prevent this from happening?
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>Thanks.

I think you're confusing the stored value with how it is displayed.

int x = 10;
int y = 256;
string s = new string(new char[]{(char)x, (char) y});
int x2 = s[0];
int y2 = s[1];