[Gambas-user] Byte conversion

[Tobias Boege]

On Sun, 25 Nov 2012, Jesus wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Im trying to do some kind of conversion but can't get it done.
> 
> In python I do:
> 
> ord(str("\x01"))
> 
> Which returns 1 as an integer
> 
> How could I get this done in Gambas3?
> 
> This is what I've tried:
> 
> Asc(Cint(Str("\x01")))
> 
> but no luck. Seems there is not an specialized function to do the byte 
> conversion.
> 
> Any clue?
> 
> Regards
> -- 
> Jesus Guardon

What do you want to do exactly?

If in place of "\x01" there is a variable string and you want the first byte
in that string, then do CByte(Asc(sStr)).

Regards,
Tobi