Question Char->Hex Code

[Vermiculus]

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I am making a basic utility for Native C++ using the .NET framework (hehehe). The idea is to make a window with all the non-standard characters in buttons and have those buttons insert their characters, etc. That's all working perfectly, but C++ needs a hex code or something similar to use the (char)0x-- function. For example, if I wanted to display ┴┴┴┤, i would need to type

cout << (char)0xC1 << (char)0xC1 << (char)0xC1 << (char)0xB4

With my utility, however, I simply press the button, it displays the stuff the looks nice ☺, and when you hit 'generate code', it generates the code...

The problem lies in this part, understandably enough. Here is what I have so far...

Dim s As String = TextBox1.Text
        Dim code As String = "cout << "


        For index As Integer = 0 To s.Length - 1
            Select Case s.Chars(index)
                Case "☺"
                    MsgBox("Happy!")
                    code += "(char)0x1 << "
                Case "☻"
                    MsgBox("Sad...")
                    code += "(char)0x2 << "
                Case "♥"
                Case "♦"
                Case "♣"
                Case "♠"
                Case "•"
                Case "◘"
                Case "○"
                Case "◙"
                Case "♂"
                Case "♀"
                Case "♪"
                Case "♫"
                Case "☼"
                Case "►"
                Case "◄"
                Case "↕"
                Case "‼"
                Case "¶"
                Case "§"
                Case "▬"
                Case "↨"
                Case "↑"
                Case "↓"
                Case "→"
                Case "←"
                Case "∟"
                Case "↔"
                Case "▲"
                Case "▼"
                Case " "
                Case "!"
                Case """"
                Case "#"
                Case "$"
                Case "%"
                Case "&"
                Case "''"
                Case "("
                Case ")"
                Case "*"
                Case "+"
                Case ","
                Case "-"
                Case "."
                Case "/"
                Case "0"
                Case "1"
                Case "2"
                Case "3"
                Case "4"
                Case "5"
                Case "6"
                Case "7"
                Case "8"
                Case "9"
                Case ":"
                Case ";"
                Case "<"
                Case "="
                Case ">"
                Case "?"
                Case "@"
                Case "A"
                Case "B"
                Case "C"
                Case "D"
                Case "E"
                Case "F"
                Case "G"
                Case "H"
                Case "I"
                Case "J"
                Case "K"
                Case "L"
                Case "M"
                Case "N"
                Case "O"
                Case "P"
                Case "Q"
                Case "R"
                Case "S"
                Case "T"
                Case "U"
                Case "V"
                Case "W"
                Case "X"
                Case "Y"
                Case "Z"
                Case "["
                Case "\"
                Case "]"
                Case "^"
                Case "_"
                Case "`"
                Case "a"
                Case "b"
                Case "c"
                Case "d"
                Case "e"
                Case "f"
                Case "g"
                Case "h"
                Case "i"
                Case "j"
                Case "k"
                Case "l"
                Case "m"
                Case "n"
                Case "o"
                Case "p"
                Case "q"
                Case "r"
                Case "s"
                Case "t"
                Case "u"
                Case "v"
                Case "w"
                Case "x"
                Case "y"
                Case "z"
                Case "{"
                Case "|"
                Case "}"
                Case "~"
                Case "⌂"
                Case "Ç"
                Case "ü"
                Case "é"
                Case "â"
                Case "ä"
                Case "à"
                Case "å"
                Case "ç"
                Case "ê"
                Case "ë"
                Case "è"
                Case "ï"
                Case "î"
                Case "ì"
                Case "Ä"
                Case "Å"
                Case "É"
                Case "æ"
                Case "Æ"
                Case "ô"
                Case "ö"
                Case "ò"
                Case "û"
                Case "ù"
                Case "ÿ"
                Case "Ö"
                Case "Ü"
                Case "¢"
                Case "£"
                Case "¥"
                Case "₧"
                Case "ƒ"
                Case "á"
                Case "í"
                Case "ó"
                Case "ú"
                Case "ñ"
                Case "Ñ"
                Case "ª"
                Case "º"
                Case "¿"
                Case "⌐"
                Case "¬"
                Case "½"
                Case "¼"
                Case "¡"
                Case "«"
                Case "»"
                Case "░"    ' these are what I really need, 
                Case "▒"    ' but I have to accommodate for 
                Case "▓"    ' all possibilities
                Case "│"
                Case "┤"
                Case "╡"
                Case "╢"
                Case "╖"
                Case "╕"
                Case "╣"
                Case "║"
                Case "╗"
                Case "╝"
                Case "╜"
                Case "╛"
                Case "┐"
                Case "└"
                Case "┴"
                Case "┬"
                Case "├"
                Case "─"
                Case "┼"
                Case "╞"
                Case "╟"
                Case "╚"
                Case "╔"
                Case "╩"
                Case "╦"
                Case "╠"
                Case "═"
                Case "╬"
                Case "╧"
                Case "╨"
                Case "╤"
                Case "╥"
                Case "╙"
                Case "╘"
                Case "╒"
                Case "╓"
                Case "╫"
                Case "╪"
                Case "┘"
                Case "┌"
                Case "█"
                Case "▄"
                Case "▌"
                Case "▐"
                Case "▀"
                Case "α"
                Case "ß"
                Case "Γ"
                Case "π"
                Case "Σ"
                Case "σ"
                Case "µ"
                Case "τ"
                Case "Φ"
                Case "Θ"
                Case "Ω"
                Case "δ"
                Case "∞"
                Case "φ"
                Case "ε"
                Case "∩"
                Case "≡"
                Case "±"
                Case "≥"
                Case "≤"
                Case "⌠"
                Case "⌡"
                Case "÷"
                Case "≈"
                Case "°"
                Case "∙"
                Case "•"
                Case "√"
                Case "ⁿ"
                Case "²"
                Case "■"
                Case " "
            End Select


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But as long as it took for you to read it, it's take me much longer to go through all 250-some characters. The format for each one is the same, the only difference is the character code. I want to make something a little shorter, a little faster.



So to make an exceptionally long story short, is there any function available to generate the correct hex codes ( or their base-10 equivalents) for a character?

 

[Vermiculus]

Resolved!

To see the resolution, please visit Char->Hex Code - Xtreme Visual Basic Talk

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

So basically you can type in anything you want and when you click a button it'll show you the hex for everything you typed in?