Q: When i convert from string to character through the following line of code.

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Asked: May 23, 20262026-05-23T09:48:33+00:00 2026-05-23T09:48:33+00:00

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When i convert from string to character through the following line of code.

 grp.EntireClass = char.Parse(record[3]);

I get the following value:: 49'1'

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-05-23T09:48:34+00:00

I suspect you don’t actually get “49’1′” – that’s probably just how the debugger’s showing it.

A simpler way though is:

string text = record[3]; // I assume...
grp.EntireClass = text[0]; // Gets the first character of text

This is equivalent to:

grp.EntireClass = record[3][0];

I split it out in the first version just for clarity.

You may well want to check that text is not:

In the first two cases the above code will throw an exception; in the third case it would just ignore everything after the first character.

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