Convert a Unicode string to an escaped ASCII string

Question

How can I convert this string:

This string contains the Unicode character Pi(π)

into an escaped A

Answer 1

class Program
{
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            char[] originalString = "This string contains the unicode character Pi(π)".ToCharArray();
            StringBuilder asAscii = new StringBuilder(); // store final ascii string and Unicode points
            foreach (char c in originalString)
            {
                // test if char is ascii, otherwise convert to Unicode Code Point
                int cint = Convert.ToInt32(c);
                if (cint <= 127 && cint >= 0)
                    asAscii.Append(c);
                else
                    asAscii.Append(String.Format("\\u{0:x4} ", cint).Trim());
            }
            Console.WriteLine("Final string: {0}", asAscii);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
}

All non-ASCII chars are converted to their Unicode Code Point representation and appended to the final string.