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)

Answer 2

By default, C# does not check for integer overflows, but VB.NET does.

You get the same exception in C# if you e.g. wrap your code in a checked block:

checked
{
    uint value = 1161;
    byte data = (byte)value;
}

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In your VB.NET project properties, enable Configuration Properties => Optimizations => Remove Integer Overflow Checks, and your VB.NET code will work exactly like your C# code.

Integer overflow checks are then disabled for your entire project, but that's usually not a problem.

Answer 3

To get just the most significant byte, you can do the rather hackalicious

Dim data1 = BitConvertor.GetBytes(value)(0)

It's explicit, and you wouldn't need to disable overflow checking.