From: antony.clements@optusnet.com.au   
      
   stream1 is a pseudorandom string that can containing every character   
   available within the ansi standard with an undefined length. stream2 has a   
   defined length of 512 bits but can still contain any combination of   
   characters within the full ansi standard. that is characters with an ascii   
   code of 0 to 255. this means that var1 and var2 must hold a maximum number   
   of 255255255255. no data type that i know of will ever hold such a large   
   number except maybe a type def variable. but i wouldnt know where to begin   
   writing one to hold such a large number. i don't think converting from   
   unicode to ansi will have any positive effect on the rest of the code.   
      
   "Dean Earley"  wrote in message   
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   > Antony Clements wrote:   
   >> if stream1 has a value of 1a2b3c4d i want bytearray() to return the asc   
   >> value of the string. the only way i know how to do this is take each   
   >> character convert to ascii and then place in a string and then place the   
   >> string in bytearray().   
   >   
   > As I said...   
   >   
   > > If you want each character as an item in the array, then you want:   
   > > bytearray = StrConv(string, vbFromUnicode)   
   >   
   > From a string of "1a2b3c4d", this will give you an 8 item array   
   > containing: 49, 97, 50, 98, 51, 99, 52, 100,   
   >   
   > IF however, you want the 32bit equivalent of that hex encoded string (if   
   > it is hex) then you will need to manually split it on every two characters   
   > and pass it through val("&H" & hexvalue) and store each part in the array.   
   >   
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