Convert.ToUInt16 (Char) converts Unicode character to 16-bit unsigned integer.
Class Sample
Public Shared Sub Main()
Dim chars() As Char = { "a"c, "z"c, ChrW(7), ChrW(Short.MaxValue), ChrW(&hFFFE) }
Dim result As UShort
For Each ch As Char in chars
result = Convert.ToUInt16(ch)
Console.WriteLine("Converted the {0} value '{1}' to the {2} value {3}.", _
ch.GetType().Name, ch, _
result.GetType().Name, result)
Next
End Sub
End Class
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