title: Convert char to int in C#
body: <p>I have a char in c#:</p>
  
  <pre><code>char foo = '2';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Now I want to get the 2 into an int.  I find that Convert.ToInt32 returns the actual decimal value of the char and not the number 2.  The following will work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>int bar = Convert.ToInt32(new string(foo, 1));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>int.parse only works on strings as well.  </p>
  
  <p>Is there no native function in C# to go from a char to int without making it a string?  I know this is trivial but it just seems odd that there's nothing native to directly make the conversion.</p>