Tom, Using David's method will turn a string to an int. But there are two problems.
1. If the string is very long then it will overflow int. 2. You can't turn it back to the same string you started with. -- noonie On 11 October 2011 08:09, Tom Gao <t...@tomgao.com> wrote: > sorry there’s no real world scenario for this. I’m trying to replicate some > calculation purely for academic reasons.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Kean > *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 October 2011 7:42 AM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: ASCII to int**** > > ** ** > > Can I ask what’s the scenario? **** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com > [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *Tom Gao > *Sent:* Monday, October 10, 2011 1:36 PM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: ASCII to int**** > > ** ** > > Very nice. Thank you**** > > ** ** > > Any suggestion on how I can convert it back to string?**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com > [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Rhys Jones > *Sent:* Tuesday, 11 October 2011 1:05 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: ASCII to int**** > > ** ** > > int total = 0; > string str = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"; > foreach (char c in str.ToCharArray()) > { > total += (int)c; > } > > Assert.AreEqual(42, total); > > > **** > > Davy, > > > "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a > violent psychopath who knows where you live." **** > > - Martin Golding > > "After a bit of digging, it was pretty clear that the 'issues' were in the > data access class. It was named 'summoner.cs'" DailyWTF**** > > ** ** > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Tom Gao <t...@tomgao.com> wrote:**** > > Hi All,**** > > **** > > Does anyone know how to convert a string of ASCII characters to int? **** > > Eg**** > > “abcd” to some form of int.**** > > **** > > I need to do a bunch of calculations on strings the only way is if they’re > in int not sure if anyone know of a good way to do this.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > Tom**** > > ** ** >
