Imports System
Public Class Program
Public Shared Function TextToBin(ByVal txt As String) As String
Dim bin As String = String.Empty
For Each ch As Char In txt
Dim ascii As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(ch)
Dim binary As String = Convert.ToString(ascii, 2)
binary = binary.PadLeft(8, "0"c)
bin += binary & " "
Next
Return bin.Trim()
End Function
Public Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Dim str As String = "VB.NET"
Dim binaryResult As String = TextToBin(str)
Console.WriteLine(binaryResult)
End Sub
End Class
' run:
'
' 01010110 01000010 00101110 01001110 01000101 01010100
'