What is the equivalent of “(byte)” in VB.NET?

Question

What is the equivalent of (byte) in VB.NET:

C#:

uint value = 1161;
byte data = (byte)value;

data = 137

VB.NET:<

Answer 1

Try first chopping the most significant bytes off the number, then converting it to Byte:

Dim value As UInteger = 1161 
Dim data1 As Byte = CType(value And 255, Byte)
Dim data2 As Byte = CByte(value And 255)