Convert.ToChar (SByte) converts 8-bit signed integer to Unicode character.
Class Sample Public Shared Sub Main() Dim numbers() As SByte = { SByte.MinValue, -1, 40, 80, 120, SByte.MaxValue } Dim result As Char For Each number As SByte In numbers Try result = Convert.ToChar(number) Console.WriteLine("{0} converts to '{1}'.", number, result) Catch e As OverflowException Console.WriteLine("{0} is outside the range of the Char data type.", _ number) End Try Next End Sub End Class