C#

int result=0;
while(stringLength!=0) {
    int oneByte=0;
    int.TryParse(rightmost2characters, hexSpecifier, out=oneByte);
    result=(result<<8)+oneByye;
    drop2charsFromString;
}
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class Program {
       static void Main(string[] args) {
           String s = "100000";
           Byte[] temp = new Byte[4]; // int needs 4 bytes
           Array.Copy(GetBytes(s), 0, temp, 0, 3); // copy in the byte converted string
           Int32 value = BitConverter.ToInt32(temp, 0); // use BitConverter to change
           Console.WriteLine(value.ToString()); // format
           Console.ReadLine(); // wait for non-google searching OP to push something
       }

       public static byte[] GetBytes(string hexFormat) {
           int byteLength = hexFormat.Length / 2;
           byte[] bytes = new byte[byteLength];
           for (int i = 0; i < byteLength; i++) {
               bytes[i] = AsciiAsHexToByte(new String(new Char[] { hexFormat[i * 2], hexFormat[i * 2 + 1] }));
           }
           return bytes;
       }

       public static byte AsciiAsHexToByte(string hex) {
           return byte.Parse(hex, NumberStyles.HexNumber, NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo);
       }

   }

Imports System
Imports System.Globalization
Imports System.Text

Module Module1
    Sub Main()
        Dim sb As New StringBuilder("1C0000")
        Dim str As String
        Dim value As Integer
        Dim bval As Byte
        Dim j As Double

        If (sb.Length Mod 2) = 1 Then
            sb.Append("0")
        End If
        str = sb.ToString()
        For i As Integer = 1 To str.Length Step 2
            j = Math.Pow(16, Convert.ToDouble(i - 1))
            bval = Byte.Parse(Mid(str, i, 2), NumberStyles.HexNumber, NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo)
            value += Convert.ToInt32(Convert.ToDouble(bval) * j)
        Next
        Console.WriteLine("The string {0} is equal to {1}", sb.ToString(), value)
    End Sub
End Module

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All your skynet questions[^] belong to solved

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I dislike the black-and-white voting system on questions/answers.

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I dislike the black-and-white voting system on questions/answers.

Guffa wrote:

What's the other half? Converting it to C#?

Guffa wrote:

It doesn't matter how good a system is, if noone uses it.

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-Spacix
All your skynet questions[^] belong to solved

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I dislike the black-and-white voting system on questions/answers.

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byte[] bufData = new byte[1024];
clientSocket.BeginReceive(bufData, 0, bufData.Length, SocketFlags.None, new AsyncCallback(OnReceive),
                          new object[] {clientSocket, bufData});

Socket clientSocket = null;
            Data msgReceived = null;
            byte[] bufData = new byte[1024];
            bool bypass = false;
            ClientInfo cInfo = null;

            try
            {
                bool blInvalidClient = false;

                try
                {
                    object[] oData = (object[]) ar.AsyncState;
                    clientSocket = (Socket) oData[0];
                    bufData = (byte[]) oData[1];
                    clientSocket.EndReceive(ar);

                    //Console.WriteLine(clientList.Count);
                }
                catch (SocketException)
                {
                    blInvalidClient = true;
                }

                if (!blInvalidClient)
                {
                    //Transform the array of bytes received from the user into an
                    //intelligent form of object Data
                    msgReceived = Packet.PacketReceived(bufData);
...

if (nameLen > 0)
    strName = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(data, 12, nameLen);
else
    strName = null;