John,

There's more than one way to skin a cat ... even in C#.

In addition to the suggestions already given, you could also do this:

int i = (int)cString.ToCharArray(0,1)[0];

Also, note ... I think you mean (0,1) rather than (1,1) ... remember, zero-based arrays.

~~Bonnie



>In VFP I can do this:
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>lnChar = asc( substring( cString, 1, 1 ) )
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>
>I can't figure out how to do it in c#. I've tried
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>int lnChar = (int)cString.Substring( 1, 1 )
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>but I get an error 'Cannot convert type string to int'. Apparently, it must be type 'char' in order to cast it as an 'int'. The only problem is, 'Cannot convert type string to char' either. Anybody know what I need to do here? Thanks a lot,
>jfh